Greenwashing is generally defined as a public relations or marketing practice used to deceptively persuade the public an organization is environmentally responsible. In recent related news, after an Exxon lobbyist was caught on tape admitting efforts to undermine the Biden administration's efforts to address the climate crisis, last week the House Government and Oversight Committee requested documents by Exxon and others regarding the industry’s long running campaign to spread disinformation about the climate crisis and requested Exxon and other oil companies to testify before the Oversight Committee on Oct 28th. Earlier this month NEJM published an editorial calling for emergency action to limit global temperature increases. The editorial, intentionally or not, incorrectly stated the “health institutions have already divested more than $42 billion in asses from fossil fuels.” This statistic is wildly incorrect. Per the source NEJM cites, the $42 billion figure constituted the sum total of assets held by 23 international health institutions that had pledged to divest in fossil fuels. The actual divested amount by these 23 organizations totaled $886 million total for 2018 and 2019. Today, the National Academy of Medicine announced its "Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the US Health Sector" (at: