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🚨BREAKING! 🚨
🌍 The Fossil Free Declaration is a new global initiative inviting athletes & sports organisations to sever ties with the industries driving climate breakdown.
Get involved by inviting your favourite athlete or team to join. ✍️
More 👉 cooldownclimate.org/the-fossil-f...
🌍 The Fossil Free Declaration is a new global initiative inviting athletes & sports organisations to sever ties with the industries driving climate breakdown.
Get involved by inviting your favourite athlete or team to join. ✍️
More 👉 cooldownclimate.org/the-fossil-f...
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"2026 Winter Olympics Could Wipe Out 3,000 Ice Rinks Worth of Snow"
New piece on @ndtv.com covering the key findings from 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱, a new report from SGR and the New Weather Institute.
Full story 👉 www.ndtv.com/world-news/2...
Report 👉 www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...
New piece on @ndtv.com covering the key findings from 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱, a new report from SGR and the New Weather Institute.
Full story 👉 www.ndtv.com/world-news/2...
Report 👉 www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 AM
"2026 Winter Olympics Could Wipe Out 3,000 Ice Rinks Worth of Snow"
New piece on @ndtv.com covering the key findings from 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱, a new report from SGR and the New Weather Institute.
Full story 👉 www.ndtv.com/world-news/2...
Report 👉 www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...
New piece on @ndtv.com covering the key findings from 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱, a new report from SGR and the New Weather Institute.
Full story 👉 www.ndtv.com/world-news/2...
Report 👉 www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...
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🚨 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 🚨
❄️ In a new report, The New Weather Institute reveals the climate impact of the world's leading snow sports event - the Winter Olympics.
Background and full story. 🧵 1/9
Full report 👉 www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...
❄️ In a new report, The New Weather Institute reveals the climate impact of the world's leading snow sports event - the Winter Olympics.
Background and full story. 🧵 1/9
Full report 👉 www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 PM
🚨 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 🚨
❄️ In a new report, The New Weather Institute reveals the climate impact of the world's leading snow sports event - the Winter Olympics.
Background and full story. 🧵 1/9
Full report 👉 www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...
❄️ In a new report, The New Weather Institute reveals the climate impact of the world's leading snow sports event - the Winter Olympics.
Background and full story. 🧵 1/9
Full report 👉 www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...
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Pro cyclists urge Australia's largest cycling race - the Tour Down Under - to drop its "embarassing" fossil fuel sponsor. 👏
‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under
Cyclists prepare for Australia’s big race by training in extreme temperatures – and they have noticed a contradiction in the relationship with Santos
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Pro cyclists urge Australia's largest cycling race - the Tour Down Under - to drop its "embarassing" fossil fuel sponsor. 👏
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🚨 Sportswashing alert! 🚨
The Women's Super League signs a sponsorship contract with major polluting car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz.
Despite having some of the most outspoken advocates for climate action, women's football in the UK is headed in the wrong direction. ⏪🧵
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The Women's Super League signs a sponsorship contract with major polluting car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz.
Despite having some of the most outspoken advocates for climate action, women's football in the UK is headed in the wrong direction. ⏪🧵
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January 12, 2026 at 12:32 PM
🚨 Sportswashing alert! 🚨
The Women's Super League signs a sponsorship contract with major polluting car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz.
Despite having some of the most outspoken advocates for climate action, women's football in the UK is headed in the wrong direction. ⏪🧵
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The Women's Super League signs a sponsorship contract with major polluting car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz.
Despite having some of the most outspoken advocates for climate action, women's football in the UK is headed in the wrong direction. ⏪🧵
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How Sadler’s Wells hired one of the UK’s biggest PR agencies to help it defend a sponsorship deal with Barclays.
PR agency Brunswick Group has worked with 52+ oil & gas companies since 2001, including BP, Shell, and Aramco. 🧵
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PR agency Brunswick Group has worked with 52+ oil & gas companies since 2001, including BP, Shell, and Aramco. 🧵
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How a Big Oil PR Firm Helped Top UK Cultural Institutions Defend Their Fossil Fuel Sponsorships
Brunswick Group’s strategies aimed to neutralise growing calls for theatres, museums, and galleries to distance themselves from climate polluters.
www.desmog.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 AM
How Sadler’s Wells hired one of the UK’s biggest PR agencies to help it defend a sponsorship deal with Barclays.
PR agency Brunswick Group has worked with 52+ oil & gas companies since 2001, including BP, Shell, and Aramco. 🧵
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PR agency Brunswick Group has worked with 52+ oil & gas companies since 2001, including BP, Shell, and Aramco. 🧵
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Next month, the Winter Olympics will get underway in Italy. ⛷️
Stories have now started to emerge about reduce snow cover at Europe's ski resorts.
But there is one glaring omission - ENI, the fossil fuel giant sponsoring this year's Games. 💰💨
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Stories have now started to emerge about reduce snow cover at Europe's ski resorts.
But there is one glaring omission - ENI, the fossil fuel giant sponsoring this year's Games. 💰💨
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Can Europe's ski industry weather the climate crisis?
Higher temperatures and a lack of snow are forcing Europe's ski resorts to rethink their business model.
www.euronews.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Next month, the Winter Olympics will get underway in Italy. ⛷️
Stories have now started to emerge about reduce snow cover at Europe's ski resorts.
But there is one glaring omission - ENI, the fossil fuel giant sponsoring this year's Games. 💰💨
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Stories have now started to emerge about reduce snow cover at Europe's ski resorts.
But there is one glaring omission - ENI, the fossil fuel giant sponsoring this year's Games. 💰💨
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Each year, human ingenuity cures some of the world’s most deadly diseases. 🧪
Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Each year, human ingenuity cures some of the world’s most deadly diseases. 🧪
Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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🚨 Announcement from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 🚨
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨 Announcement from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 🚨
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
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🚨 Another toxic sponsor gone from our cultural spaces, as
@britishmuseum.bsky.social ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm after breach of World Health Organisation guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
@britishmuseum.bsky.social ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm after breach of World Health Organisation guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
British Museum ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm
Move welcomed by critics, who have been calling for end to ‘morally unacceptable’ deals since 2016
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🚨 Another toxic sponsor gone from our cultural spaces, as
@britishmuseum.bsky.social ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm after breach of World Health Organisation guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
@britishmuseum.bsky.social ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm after breach of World Health Organisation guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Last week, leading experts briefed politicians and civil society groups on the impacts of climate breakdown.
In a media landscape saturated with disinformation and polluter ads, experts called on politicians to stand by the science. 🧵 1/5
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
In a media landscape saturated with disinformation and polluter ads, experts called on politicians to stand by the science. 🧵 1/5
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Last week, leading experts briefed politicians and civil society groups on the impacts of climate breakdown.
In a media landscape saturated with disinformation and polluter ads, experts called on politicians to stand by the science. 🧵 1/5
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
In a media landscape saturated with disinformation and polluter ads, experts called on politicians to stand by the science. 🧵 1/5
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
🚨 "While fans fight fires, UEFA fuels the flames"
In the latest piece on Cool Down, Fossil Free Football analyse the Champions League's outsized contribution to climate breakdown.
Some highlights. 🧵
In the latest piece on Cool Down, Fossil Free Football analyse the Champions League's outsized contribution to climate breakdown.
Some highlights. 🧵
While fans fight fires, UEFA fuels the flames — Cool Down
Playing football outside in the warmer months has been part of European life for generations; but fan climate campaign group Fossil Free Football are concerned that recent trends in extreme weather ...
www.cooldownclimate.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨 "While fans fight fires, UEFA fuels the flames"
In the latest piece on Cool Down, Fossil Free Football analyse the Champions League's outsized contribution to climate breakdown.
Some highlights. 🧵
In the latest piece on Cool Down, Fossil Free Football analyse the Champions League's outsized contribution to climate breakdown.
Some highlights. 🧵
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𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬'𝘀 𝗣𝗥 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁
An exclusive investigation reveals that Edelman lobbied for a client to power COP30 by fossil fuels. 🙃
Here's what you need to know about Edelman. 🧵 1/6
An exclusive investigation reveals that Edelman lobbied for a client to power COP30 by fossil fuels. 🙃
Here's what you need to know about Edelman. 🧵 1/6
Exclusive: COP30 PR Agency Edelman Lobbied Presidency to Favour Fossil Fuel Client
As Edelman prepared to work on the climate summit’s PR, the agency also lobbied for fuel distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬'𝘀 𝗣𝗥 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁
An exclusive investigation reveals that Edelman lobbied for a client to power COP30 by fossil fuels. 🙃
Here's what you need to know about Edelman. 🧵 1/6
An exclusive investigation reveals that Edelman lobbied for a client to power COP30 by fossil fuels. 🙃
Here's what you need to know about Edelman. 🧵 1/6
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🚨 Campaign win! 🚨
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🚨 Campaign win! 🚨
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
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🚆 In 2019 Transport for London introduced a ban on junk food advertising.
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Fossil Ads — Badvertising
www.badverts.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚆 In 2019 Transport for London introduced a ban on junk food advertising.
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
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🌍 We took over Southwark station last week, urging city leaders to lead on climate as the C40 World Mayors’ Summit got underway.
We now need to keep up the pressure.
✍️ Write to Mayor Sadiq Khan to stop promoting pollution on London public transport: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
We now need to keep up the pressure.
✍️ Write to Mayor Sadiq Khan to stop promoting pollution on London public transport: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🌍 We took over Southwark station last week, urging city leaders to lead on climate as the C40 World Mayors’ Summit got underway.
We now need to keep up the pressure.
✍️ Write to Mayor Sadiq Khan to stop promoting pollution on London public transport: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
We now need to keep up the pressure.
✍️ Write to Mayor Sadiq Khan to stop promoting pollution on London public transport: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
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✈️💨 London is now the global city most exposed to air pollution from aviation.
Yet - across the city's public transport - ads for cheap weekend getaways by plane have become the norm. 🤔
Here's why (and how) we are taking on polluting ads in London. 🧵 1/5
ℹ️: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Yet - across the city's public transport - ads for cheap weekend getaways by plane have become the norm. 🤔
Here's why (and how) we are taking on polluting ads in London. 🧵 1/5
ℹ️: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
✈️💨 London is now the global city most exposed to air pollution from aviation.
Yet - across the city's public transport - ads for cheap weekend getaways by plane have become the norm. 🤔
Here's why (and how) we are taking on polluting ads in London. 🧵 1/5
ℹ️: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Yet - across the city's public transport - ads for cheap weekend getaways by plane have become the norm. 🤔
Here's why (and how) we are taking on polluting ads in London. 🧵 1/5
ℹ️: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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This week, we’ve taken over the ad space of London's Southwark tube station.
Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week, we’ve taken over the ad space of London's Southwark tube station.
Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
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💨 In 2025, a report from the Royal College of Physicians found that air pollution contributed to 30,000 deaths in the UK in 2025 and cost the UK upwards of £27 billion annually – and may be as much as £50 billion when wider impacts, such as dementia, are accounted for.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
💨 In 2025, a report from the Royal College of Physicians found that air pollution contributed to 30,000 deaths in the UK in 2025 and cost the UK upwards of £27 billion annually – and may be as much as £50 billion when wider impacts, such as dementia, are accounted for.
🚨 In our latest interview about the Fossil Free Declaration, we sit down with Nicola Barr - one of Australia’s top footballers and a passionate advocate for climate action in sport.
Here are some key takeaways from our conversation. 🧵 1/5
Here are some key takeaways from our conversation. 🧵 1/5
Nicola Barr: Why I’ve joined the Fossil Free Declaration — Cool Down
Nicola Barr of St. Kilda FC in the AFLW chatted with Cool Down about why she joined the Fossil Free Declaration and what she hopes to achieve through it.
www.cooldownclimate.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨 In our latest interview about the Fossil Free Declaration, we sit down with Nicola Barr - one of Australia’s top footballers and a passionate advocate for climate action in sport.
Here are some key takeaways from our conversation. 🧵 1/5
Here are some key takeaways from our conversation. 🧵 1/5
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"For the Southwark campaign, Bonner channelled the golden age of cigarette advertising, repurposing the cheery glamour of vintage tobacco marketing to expose how the same manipulative tactics are used today to normalise pollution."
Lovely write up of our @badvertising.bsky.social station takeover campaign in Creative Review
Satirical ‘Fossil Ads’ take over London Tube station
Badvertising’s Station Domination campaign brings urgent attention to adverts promoting fossil fuels across the city’s transport network
www.creativereview.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"For the Southwark campaign, Bonner channelled the golden age of cigarette advertising, repurposing the cheery glamour of vintage tobacco marketing to expose how the same manipulative tactics are used today to normalise pollution."
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🚘 🔥 If SUVs were a country they’d be the world’s 5th biggest emitter – more than Germany or Japan. In the decade from 2010, SUVs were the second-largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions.
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚘 🔥 If SUVs were a country they’d be the world’s 5th biggest emitter – more than Germany or Japan. In the decade from 2010, SUVs were the second-largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions.
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🌍 What do global cities such as Amsterdam, Stockholm and Edinburgh all have in common?
These major cities have ALL banned fossil fuel adverts. These ads have massive climate and health impacts, all while targeting politically influential decision makers.
These major cities have ALL banned fossil fuel adverts. These ads have massive climate and health impacts, all while targeting politically influential decision makers.
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🌍 What do global cities such as Amsterdam, Stockholm and Edinburgh all have in common?
These major cities have ALL banned fossil fuel adverts. These ads have massive climate and health impacts, all while targeting politically influential decision makers.
These major cities have ALL banned fossil fuel adverts. These ads have massive climate and health impacts, all while targeting politically influential decision makers.
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BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...