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Consumer electronics makers are pushing the idea that they're on the leading edge of eco-friendly industrial policy. But a Greenpeace report says they come up short.

'Tis the season for greening gadgets. In its quarterly ranking, Greenpeace sees progress on electronic waste and toxics but pressures firms to act on global warming.

Environmental groups and even LG Electronics, maker of Zenith TVs, are promoting plans to introduce recycling programs that tackle the growing problem of e-waste.

The DR Congo and Congo are losing $12m annually in tax avoidance by logging companies, Greenpeace says.

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not producing 'green' enough consoles, says Greenpeace.

Once, if you were in your 20s and wanted to save the environment, you might have joined Greenpeace. But climate change and a billion-dollar carbon market that trades in carbon credits -- as if they were pork bellies -- have created a new career niche: carbon entrepreneurs.

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