Cloak of Green: The links between key environmental groups, government and big business

The links between key environmental groups, government and big business. [rear cover:] "In this book award-winning reporter Elaine Dewar explores the links between key environmental groups, government and big business. Written like a mystery, *Cloak of Green* follows the author from a Toronto fundraiser for the Kayapo Indians of Brazil to the Amazon rainforest and the global backrooms of Brasilia, Washington and Geneva. Along the way she meets some fascinating people--Anita Roddick of the Body Shop, businessman-politician Maurice Strong, and activists who run key Canadian and American environmental groups. She also examines some disturbing questions about these groups, about 'green' corporations and about government: * Why are some environmental groups using misleading information in their fund-raising efforts? * Why are some key environmental groups in Canada and the U.S. compromising their independence by accepting funds from government and big business--and putting representatives of these interests on their boards? * Why do ordinary Canadians who contribute to environmental groups like Pollution Probe, Energy Probe and the World Wildlife Fund have little or no say in running these groups? * Why is the Canadian government channelling funds to foreign charities that play an active role in politics in their home countries? * Why is the Canadian government trying to influence the agendas of foreign environmental groups? Most concerned citizens trust environmental groups to fight on behalf of the public for sensible solutions to the world's environmental problems. That was what Elaine Dewar believed when she started work on this story. But she discovered that our trust can sometimes be misplaced, as you will see in this revealing and disturbing book."