West Virginia AG leads multistate probe into Big Tech 'greenwashing' claims

West Virginia Attorney General John "JB" McCuskey said Monday that his office is helping lead a new multi-state investigation into big tech firms, alleging they exaggerate their clean-energy commitments — a practice known as "greenwashing."

McCuskey is joining 15 other state attorneys general, led by Montana’s Austin Knudsen, in probing tech titans Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft over claims they are powered entirely by renewable energy. He said those assertions are misleading because the companies rely on renewable energy certificates — credits that let them claim green energy use even while their data centers consume electricity generated by coal and natural gas. ---More...