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The world is heating up, Cool Down - the sport for climate action network, works to cool it down. Sharing what our members do: cooldownclimate.org

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๐Ÿšจ Last week, we revealed that UK football fans are often forced to drive to away games because of limited train availability... Even though a majority would prefer to travel sustainably. Read "Stranded Fans": cooldownclimate.org/resources/straโ€ฆ Full story. ๐Ÿ‘‡ mirror.co.uk/sport/footballโ€ฆ

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๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€. โœ… Since reclaiming public space for pedestrians and reducing parking spaces across the city, Paris has ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ dangerous air pollution. ๐Ÿ‘ Full story: washingtonpost.com/climate-solutiโ€ฆ

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€. โœ…

Since reclaiming public space for pedestrians and reducing parking spaces across the city, Paris has ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ dangerous air pollution. ๐Ÿ‘

Full story: washingtonpost.com/climate-solutiโ€ฆ
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Every two years, the average UK car ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ 1๐—ฐ๐—บ. ๐Ÿš˜๐Ÿ’จ Here's what you need to know about ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, and what you can do to tackle it. ๐Ÿงต ๐Ÿ’ก More info: cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/ โœ๏ธ Take action: win.newmode.net/cleancities/stโ€ฆ

Every two years, the average UK car ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ 1๐—ฐ๐—บ. ๐Ÿš˜๐Ÿ’จ

Here's what you need to know about ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, and what you can do to tackle it. ๐Ÿงต

๐Ÿ’ก More info: cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/

โœ๏ธ Take action: win.newmode.net/cleancities/stโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿšจ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: In a world-first, The Hague's ban on fossil fuel advertising has survived a legal challenge. ๐ŸŽ‰ โœ๏ธ Sign Chris Packham's petition to force a parliamentary debate on a similar ban in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000โ€ฆ Full story ๐Ÿ‘‰ clientearth.org/latest/press-oโ€ฆ

๐Ÿšจ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: In a world-first, The Hague's ban on fossil fuel advertising has survived a legal challenge. ๐ŸŽ‰

โœ๏ธ Sign Chris Packham's petition to force a parliamentary debate on a similar ban in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000โ€ฆ

Full story ๐Ÿ‘‰ clientearth.org/latest/press-oโ€ฆ
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๐ŸšจChris Packham's petition calling for a ban on fossil fuel ads is on its way to 100,000 signatures! โœ๏ธ Sign the petition to enter a prize draw for satirical BP art from Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives (Bsky: @darrencullen) or a copy of the โ€˜Badvertisingโ€™ book! Full info ๐Ÿ‘‰ badverts.org/latest/chris-pโ€ฆ Chris Packham

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๐Ÿ“ข ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป Local governments across Europe are banning ads from polluters. Now it's time for the UK to follow suit. โœ๏ธ Sign Chris Packham's petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000โ€ฆ Chris Packham

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Folks - we are SO close to getting the needed 100,000 signatures by May 12th for Chris Packham's petition to ban polluter ads - please share and sign if you haven't to help it over the line... ๐Ÿ‘‡ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿšจ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก: 100,000 people have joined the call for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships. This historic milestone means Parliament must now consider the petition for a debate - a first in the UK! ๐ŸŽ‰

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๐Ÿšจ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿšจ This week, Emirates will be championed as a climate action pioneer by World Sailing. But, why is sailing's global governing body allowing a petrostate-owned airline to present itself as a climate leader? Short answer: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Long answer: ๐Ÿงต

๐Ÿšจ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿšจ

This week, Emirates will be championed as a climate action pioneer by World Sailing. 

But, why is sailing's global governing body allowing a petrostate-owned airline to present itself as a climate leader? 

Short answer: ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Long answer: ๐Ÿงต
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A recent episode of The Week UK Unwrapped with Olly Mann ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ discussing fossil ad bans: "It is one of the cheapest ways of tackling the fossil fuel industry, of reducing demand, of reducing consumption. If itโ€™s that cost effective, why would you not do it?โ€ ๐Ÿ‘

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๐Ÿšจ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿšจ Petrostate and climate action blocker, Azerbaijan, announced as a sponsor of the 2027 World Ski Championships. Here's why this is a bad deal for the future of skiing and sport. ๐Ÿงต

๐Ÿšจ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿšจ

Petrostate and climate action blocker, Azerbaijan, announced as a sponsor of the 2027 World Ski Championships.

Here's why this is a bad deal for the future of skiing and sport. ๐Ÿงต
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๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„! Find out about the fossil threat looming over the 2026 Winter Olympics and discover how you can help turn the tide. ๐Ÿ”๏ธโ„๏ธ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป: May 20, 3-5pm GMT ๐Ÿ’ป ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Online (FREE!) ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Grab your spot: shorturl.at/62fds

๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„!

Find out about the fossil threat looming over the 2026 Winter Olympics and discover how you can help turn the tide. ๐Ÿ”๏ธโ„๏ธ

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป: May 20, 3-5pm GMT
๐Ÿ’ป ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Online (FREE!)

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Grab your spot: shorturl.at/62fds
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๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต Over April, TotalEnergies continued to push its greenwashing ad campaign, "The Roads to Net Zero". In reality, the oil giant is on a highway to climate hell. Here's what the ad doesn't tell you. ๐Ÿงต Full piece ๐Ÿ‘‡ badverts.org/latest/badvertโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿšจ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐Ÿ”๏ธ The Winter Olympics are sponsored by an oil giant that is melting the snow they depend on. Here are some of the insights from our new report on the climate impact of Eni's sponsorship of the 2026 Winter Games. ๐Ÿงต Full report ๐Ÿ‘‰badverts.org/latest/oil-giaโ€ฆ

๐Ÿšจ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง 

๐Ÿ”๏ธ The Winter Olympics are sponsored by an oil giant that is melting the snow they depend on.

Here are some of the insights from our new report on the climate impact of Eni's sponsorship of the 2026 Winter Games. ๐Ÿงต

Full report ๐Ÿ‘‰badverts.org/latest/oil-giaโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿšจ A U.S. Congressional investigation uncovers internal documents from oil majors, confirming greenwashing as an official strategy. This shows why we need a fossil ad ban - it would remove the reputational lynchpin of the industry. Rebecca John ๐Ÿ‘ desmog.com/2025/05/20/revโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿšจ BREAKING ๐Ÿšจ Over 30 healthcare orgs - representing 12 MILLION workers - are BOYCOTTING advertising agencies that promote fossil fuels. ๐Ÿ‘ โ€œJust like health leaders once stood up to Big Tobacco and its advertising, itโ€™s time to stand up to Big Oil" desmog.com/2025/05/22/heaโ€ฆ