Tuesday, July 26, 2022

“Worse than Tobacco”: Aussie Greens Push for Fossil Fuel Advertisement Ban

“Worse than Tobacco”: Aussie Greens Push for Fossil Fuel Advertisement Ban
"Australia’s largest coal producer, Glencore, launched its first national advertising campaign last month with sweeping footage of glittering solar panels and an idyllic vista of twirling wind turbines.
At least one climate advocacy group argues such marketing should be banned in Australia, in a move
similar to the outlawing of tobacco advertising three decades ago.
Comms Declare, a group made up of 300 marketing, public relations, advertising and media professionals, as well as 80 organisations that have committed to not supporting companies contributing to the growth of fossil fuel emissions in Australia, has launched a campaign of its own calling for a tobacco-style blanket ban on advertising by coal, oil and gas companies in Australia..."

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