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The Angry Mermaid Award has attracted media attention around the world. See:

'Angry Mermaid' joins fight against climate change
Independent on Sunday

Award inspired by Copenhagen's famous statue will go to organisation doing most to sabotage action over global warming
By Jonathan Owen

Sunday, 15 November 2009

A new environmental award will be launched tomorrow with some of the biggest corporations and lobbying outfits in the world in contention for the top prize. But the winner will have nothing to celebrate.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/angry-mermaid-jo...

 

CSR-News.com

http://csr-news.net/main/2009/11/15/voting-opens-for-angry-mermaid-award...

 

Sasol on shortlist for first Angry Mermaid climate award

Business News, Johannesburg

http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=552&fArticleId=5246131

 

Sasol faces anger of the Mermaid

Sunday Independent, South Africa

 

Swedish companies 'sabotaging' climate talks

Swedish Wire, Business  - Published Tuesday, 17 November 2009 06:13 | Author: Andreas Liljeheden

”Swedish companies are hiding behind umbrella organisations which are trying to sabotage the climate talks in Copenhagen”, says Olivier Hoedeman at the Corporate Europe Observatory, one of the organizations behind the Angry Mermaid Award.

http://www.swedishwire.com/business/1719-swedish-companies-sabotaging-cl...

 

Business Not As Usual: Twitter Commentary On Corporate Succession Planning#

Triple Pundit 

http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/11/business-not-as-usual-twitter-commen...

 

Angry Mermaid to honour biggest greenwasher at Copenhagen talks

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/angry-mermaid-award-copenhagen.php

 

The Angry Mermaid Strikes Back 

http://priceofoil.org/2009/11/16/the-angry-mermaid-strikes-back/

 

Angry Mermaid Award Seeks to Expose Greenwash

Th!nk About It

http://climatechange.thinkaboutit.eu/think2/post/angry_mermaid_award_see...

 

A none too happy mermaid

Center for Media and Democracy, PRWatch.org

http://www.prwatch.org/node/8693

 

Angry Mermaid Award aims wrath at corporate climate delayers

http://www.greenbang.com/angry-mermaid-award-aims-wrath-at-corporate-cli...

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