CHH artist Aaron Cole is facing scrutiny from environmental activist groups after he was recently included in a pollution watch report. Every March, the non-profit group Clean Air Resources (CAR) publishes an annual report identifying organizations producing a significant carbon footprint. Cole is a unique addition to a list that is mainly comprised of power plants and large factories. Since being included in this report, Cole has received nonstop demands to shut down from both environmental activists and government agencies.

"At first, I was confused," said Cole when reached by NRT. "I mean, I'm aware my tour bus gets 6 miles per gallon, but I haven't been able to tour for over a year now. I'm not sure what the problem is."

CAR has released a statement that the confusion started between two interns. In the middle of an iMessage exchange between the two, an intern sent a link to Cole's website with a caption, "This stuff is fire! Coal is really heating it up!" Facing a tight, late-night deadline, the other intern mindlessly copied the link, complete with the last-name typo, into his report. Quick research from the organization came across the cover of his "AOTY" single, which features a bird drenched in a petroleum-like substance. That didn't help his case.