Coldplay labelled ‘useful idiots for greenwashing’ after deal with oil company

The Transport and Environment campaign group says Neste is cynically using the band

Coldplay have been branded useful idiots for greenwashing" after announcing a partnership with the Finnish oil company Neste to halve their touring emissions last week.

Neste claims to be the world's largest producer of sustainable biofuels, but the firm's palm oil suppliers cleared at least 10,000 hectares (24,710 acres) of forest in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia between 2019 and 2020, according to a study by Friends of the Earth.