I've been collating a list of fossil fuel sponsorships in Australia for a year now and you'd think I'd have got used to it.

But I still get the same feeling of disappointment and frustration when I come across a nice organisation, whose work I otherwise admire, promoting climate criminals.

#FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship

Here's an article about Australian arts organizations moving away from fossil fuel sponsorship.

"Comms Declare’s president and founder, Belinda Noble, said the aim of these campaigns is to see national advertising and sponsorship laws for fossil fuel companies become as restrictive as those placed on tobacco companies decades ago, with sporting, arts and cultural organisations being a priority."

That's the dream!

#FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship #ArtsWashing

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/nov/24/tobacco-companies-cant-sponsor-australian-arts-should-fossil-fuel-giants-be-banned-too

After Comms Declare campaigned for only one day, the National Australia Day Committee announced Chevron's sponsorship won't be extended past 2023.

If it only it was that easy to change the date...

https://commsdeclare.org/2022/11/24/chevron-to-end-australia-day-sponsorship/

#FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship #CommsDeclare #NADC #AustraliaDay #InvasionDay #Chevron #ChangeTheDate

Another day, another win. Chevron's role as "Diversity and Inclusion partner" for Australia Day will end in 2023. This is the result of a campaign by Comms Declare.

Love to see it and happy to update the National Australia Day Committee from a Chump to a Champ on my spreadsheet.

#AustraliaDay #FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship #ChumpToChamp #NADC #Chevron #CommsDeclare

https://commsdeclare.org/2022/11/24/chevron-to-end-australia-day-sponsorship/

So the Australian Men's Shed Association is sponsored by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association. #MentalHealthWashing

For Schools Tree day 2022 men's shedders felt really good about themselves after planting trees with the kiddies then firing up the APPEA funded BBQ for a sizzle.

You could make this up but your editor would tell you it's a bit heavy-handed.

#FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship #MensMentalHealth #MensShed

https://mensshed.org/shedders-and-students-working-shoulder-to-shoulder-for-schools-tree-day/

Excited to learn that the Tour Down Under will be heading through the small town I'll be staying in over summer.

Immediately thinking about my anti-Santos banner. (They have the naming rights)

Will probably just go with a simple, "Frack off Santos" but happy to take suggestions.

#TourDownUnder #Santos #NamingRights #FossilAdBan #SportsWashing #FrackOff #FossilFuelSponsorship

I shared this spreadsheet the other day but then deleted the post in a moment of confusion.

Anyway, this is my Chumps and Champs list of fossil fuel sponsorships in Australia.

I had the idea after seeing Tim Winton's speech at the Perth Festival where he said that arts organisations that accept fossil fuel sponsorships aren't evil, but they are chumps.

I'm always adding to the list, and happy to update if anyone has more info.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16SSOx_z6mGOwbLwhOgJ0AbPyKMGFSW5_kUMmClfSA1s/edit?usp=sharing

#FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship #Chumps #Champs

Gina Rinehart was at Trump's campaign launch. I think Australia's netball team are probably feeling pretty good today about avoiding being sponsored by her company Hancock Prospecting.

Unfortunately, she still has other sports in her grasp including the Australian Olympic Team, Rowing Australia, Artistic Swimming Australia, Swimming WA and Volleyball Australia.

I feel really sorry for these athletes who are asked to stand beside Gina Rinehart and thank her for her support, knowing what a destructive influence she actually is.

#FossilAdBan #SportsWashing #FossilFuelSponsorship #HancockProspecting #GinaRinehart #AussieDiamonds #Trumpettes

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/gina-rinehart-shows-up-at-donald-trump-s-campaign-launch-20221116-p5byxz.html

Last week a paper was published in Nature Climate Change that concluded that university energy research centres funded by oil and gas produce reports that are more favourable to polluting energy.

In some ways this might seem obvious, but these centres usually pride themselves on objective presentation of the facts.

It makes me wonder how this has affected research and communication Monash University. That university claims they are helping their major sponsor Woodside transition to low-carbon through their Monash-Woodside Energy Partnership. I believe many people involved in the partnership at Monash were well-intentioned, but since it began Woodside has doubled down on new gas projects and generally show they don't give a shit about a liveable planet.

Monash continues to back the partnership and even say it's part of their sustainability leadership. The cognitive dissonance must be hard to bear.

#FossilFuelSponsorship #MonashUniversity #FossilFreeResearch #EnergyResearch #Woodside

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/11/how-oil-gas-funding-distorts-energy-research/

Guardian reports: An analysis of delegates found that there had been an “explosion” in fossil fuel lobbyists attending the climate summit this year, with 636 in attendance, a rise of more than 25% since Cop26 in Glasgow. It’s worse than Bla bla bla, it’s completely corrupted by #FossilFuelSponsorship

#Introduction. I write books for young people - published by University of Queensland Press.

I've just finished a qualification in Information Management and would like to work in a public library. I love the National Library of Australia's digital archive Trove and have a podcast called In Those Days discussing newspaper articles that have a personal connection to a guest.

I try to mention the climate crisis a fair bit on social media. I'm particularly interested in the extent of fossil fuel sponsorships in Australia and how these extend social license.

I support campaigns to end native forest logging in Victoria.

I often analyse people through the prism of what netball position they play, or which BSC member they are most like. If I'm honest, I am a WD and a Mallory.

#ClimateAction #MiddleGrade #KidLit #AusLit #FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship #NativeForestLogging #VicForests #VictorianForests #Trove #GreaterGliders #NationalLibraryofAustralia #NLA #BSC #Netball