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Against the backdrop of high-carbon sponsors headlining the Winter Olympics, the Alps are facing heavy industrialisation. ๐ป
In his latest Winter Olympics report, @mrendell explores the ramifications behind the development of this iconic landscape.๐งต
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As the Winter Olympics comes to a close, the town of Cortina seems to be enjoying the fanfare of the games.
However town councillor Roberta De Zanna tells a very different story๐งต
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In his third report from Italyโs Olympic and climate frontlines, @mrendell explains how a huge amount of construction has gone into the 2026 Winter Olympics, much of it entirely unnecessary. ๐๏ธ
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For a very different take on the Winter Olympics #OpeningCeremony watch this, from the brilliant @mrendell (daily alternative reports during the Games) ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป x.com/badvertising11/status/โฆ
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Welcome to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics; a festival of international sport in the middle of a global climate crisis that puts athletes, fans and sport itself at risk. ๐๐ฅ
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๐๐ฟWhat do people think about fossil ads in winter sports?ย
We asked people in Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Canada and the UK, and the result was clear โ people want to stop fossil ads in winter sports.ย
badverts.org/latest/new-pollโฆ
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๐ Our report on the environmental impact of the Winter Olympics partnering with major polluters has been hitting the headlines!ย
theecologist.org/2026/jan/18โฆ
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๐จ ๐ข๐น๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐จ
โ๏ธ 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. ๐งต
Full report ๐ newweather.org/wp-content/upโฆ
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๐จ Campaign win! ๐จ
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. ๐
Here is the brilliant @CarolineRussell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question time. ๐งต
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BREAKING! ๐จ
๐ขWeโve taken over the @TfL ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution.
โ๏ธ Join the campaign: actionnetwork.org/letters/tiโฆ
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9 Oct 2025
Polluter and 'cyber' elites - is AI just going to worsen patterns of pollution and inequality? Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning, next Weds 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. Its free with great speakers. ๐๐๐ @ResponsibleSci tickettailor.com/events/scieโฆ
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10 Sep 2025
Fascinating piece from โฆ@AndrewSimms_ukโฉ for โฆ@ResponsibleSciโฉ on the origins of the connection between disarmament treaties & growing calls for a โฆ@fossiltreatyโฉ treaty sgr.org.uk/resources/carbon-โฆ
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๐ข Badvertising has asked the UK advertising regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to investigate its own ads for allegedly breaching rules around misleading advertising, which it is charged with enforcing:
theguardian.com/media/2025/sโฆ
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8 Sep 2025
โAd regulator asked to investigate its own adsโ To combat climate misinformation we need a regulator as strong as the ASA claims to be in its own ads, but they're badly misleading so weโve asked them to investigate themselves @badvertising11 @adfreecities theguardian.com/media/2025/sโฆ
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๐จ Out today: "The Starmer Symptom"
In a book documenting the precarious rise of Kier Starmer's Labour party, Badvertising's Andrew Simms outlines an alternative to the dead end of growth politics.
Here's an overview of the chapter. ๐งต
๐: plutobooks.com/9780745351094โฆ
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6 Aug 2025
Hear athletes say themselves why sport has to stop being a billboard for major climate polluters. The Fossil Free Declaration is a brilliant new initiative from the @cooldownnetwork ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
๐จBREAKING! ๐จ
๐ 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.โ๏ธ
More ๐cooldownclimate.org/the-fossโฆ
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๐จ ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
Andrew Simms of Badvertising breaks down a major ruling by the International Court of Justice for the Ecologist.
Here's why the ICJ ruling marks a turning point for climate action. ๐งต
theecologist.org/2025/jul/29โฆ
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29 Jul 2025
The ICJ ruled states may be liable if failing to act on non-climate compliant fossil fuel industries. It is a very small step to the same applying to sectors co-dependent on fossil fuels, like aviation, SUV makers and, even advertisers. New @the_ecologist
theecologist.org/2025/jul/29โฆ
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23 Jul 2025
@mrendell does a powerful job calling out the pervasive and toxic, yet normalised sportswash by big, polluting fossil fuel sponsors in elite cycling (as in sport more generally). Important broadcasting and proper journalism where it is needed... ๐
22 Jul 2025
"The riders themselves were told to be on message"
@mrendell on the Peruvian Amazon communities affected by TotalEnergies.
ITV respects TotalEnergies' right to reply.
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22 Jul 2025
My friend, the brilliant Matt Rendell, reveals the cynicism of fossil fuel sponsorship - aka sports/greenwash - in elite cycling. It's everywhere in sport, like tobacco sponsorship once was, but feels worse in cycling that should be pedalling forward the green transition...๐๐๐
๐จ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
The French fossil fuel giant has a huge presence at this year's race.
But behind the logos that adorn jerseys and banners is a community on the climate frontlines.
@mrendell
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