silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoUN Secretary-General Urges Ban on Fossil Fuel Ads as Planet Warmswww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoA ban isn’t going to be suddenly imposed; it’s going to look more like “we stop subsidies for fossil fuels, and end advertising for them, and phase them out over 20 years” So he’s asking for the first steps. Which is a good move.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months ago it’s going to look more like “we stop subsidies for fossil fuels, and end advertising for them, and phase them out over 20 years” Except it’s not going to look like that, because oil tycoons own all the legislatures.
A ban isn’t going to be suddenly imposed; it’s going to look more like “we stop subsidies for fossil fuels, and end advertising for them, and phase them out over 20 years”
So he’s asking for the first steps. Which is a good move.
Except it’s not going to look like that, because oil tycoons own all the legislatures.