A clothing brand claims its new t-shirt line is "100% eco-friendly and climate-neutral" because they plant one tree for every shirt sold, despite continuing to use heavy coal-powered factories. A Green Warrior would classify this as:

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A Circular Economy integration
B Sustainable Development Economics
C Greenwashing
D Carbon Footprint Mitigation

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Answer: C. Greenwashing

Answer: (c) Greenwashing
Explanation: Greenwashing occurs when an organization spends more time and money marketing itself as environmentally friendly than minimizing its actual environmental footprint. Planting trees does not neutralize the continuous, high-volume carbon output of coal factories.

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A clothing brand claims its new t-shirt line is "100% eco-friendly and climate-neutral" because they plant one tree for every shirt sold, despite continuing to use heavy coal-powered factories. A Green Warrior would classify this as:

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