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Ad regulator backs ‘carbon neutral’ petrol

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Ad Standards has dismissed a complaint from Comms Declare about a social media post on Ampol’s ‘carbon neutral’ fuel. The Facebook post shows an image of treetops with the words “Ampol Carbon Neutral” and claims Ampol can offset all the greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of petrol and diesel. Through the Environmental […]
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STEM education – fossil fuel’s trojan horse

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Fossil fuel companies use STEM education in schools and universities as a way to build credibility and social licence, and recruit future staff, while glossing over their role in global warming. Australian Earth Science Education holds incursions with Woodside Petroleum, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies. The partnership with Woodside Australian Science Project (WASP) can be […]
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Changes in Lobby Land

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Fossil fuel companies have a proud tradition of lobbying against environmental laws and taxes that may dent their enormous profits. Following the 2022 federal election, Labor-aligned lobbyists are enjoying their time in the sun. One of the world’s largest coal exporters, Glencore, is employing Anacta Strategies, GRACosway and Nexus APAC. Anacta and Nexus APAC are […]
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Glencore’s first brand campaign

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One of Australia’s largest coal miners, and the world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal, has launched a brand campaign that doesn’t mention coal. It is the mining giant’s first national brand campaign and is full of the messages we’ve come to expect from the fossil fuel industry; that they are necessary for everyday life, required for […]
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The F-list: Global report on 90 ad and PR agencies promoting fossil fuels

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A global report on the damaging effects of promoting fossil fuels has singled out Australia as being uniquely compromised by agencies lobbying for oil, gas and coal. The joint study by Comms Declare and Clean Creatives lists the 90 advertising, marketing and PR agencies that have hampered cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and details ways […]
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Future Leaders Climate Survey

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The advertising and marketing leaders of the future are being asked to share their attitudes towards working for big oil, coal and gas clients in a new survey. Comms Declare, an association promoting climate action in the sector, will use the results to pressure heads of agencies that still work with fossil fuel companies. Climate […]
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Letter to polluting agencies

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RE: YOUR WORK WITH GREENHOUSE GAS INTENSIVE CLIENTS Publicly available information has shown that your agency has worked with an organisation to promote the social licence, reputation or expansion of fossil fuels.  Because of this, you are listed on our website as an organisation that is contributing to the creation of a dangerous climate. Comms […]
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Communicating the IPCC report

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One of the Working Groups from the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release a report on 9 August on the heating of the planet and what it means for our future. A draft was leaked and journalists with advance copies are sounding a little shell-shocked. The headlines will be horrendous and upsetting, so here’s some […]
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France to ban ads for fossil fuels

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Australian creatives are being urged to reject working on fossil fuel accounts, as France follows Amsterdam and bans fossil fuel ads. France’s Climate and Resilience Bill was passed on Tuesday, and included several laws designed to curb the marketing of climate-damaging products and services. The measures include ending ads for fossil fuel energies from the […]
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Why fossil fuels are the new tobacco

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Smoking kills thousands of Australians every year and is our leading cause of preventable deaths. Because of that, cigarette advertising and sponsorship is banned in Australia. You can’t even display cigarette packs in shops. But coal, oil and gas are also highly toxic substances that are affecting our health, our environment and climate. They are […]
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