News and tech media mostly quiet after UN chief calls for ban on ads for oil and gas
by Dharna Noor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6NBW0)
The Guardian contacted 11 major organizations that run fossil-fuel ads after Wednesday's speech by Antonio Guterres
Major news and tech media that have run fossil-fuel ads were largely staying quiet after the UN's secretary general called for governments and companies to place bans on advertisements for coal, oil and gas.
Stop taking fossil-fuel advertising," Antonio Guterres implored in a major speech on Wednesday after railing against energy companies for distorting the truth, deceiving the public, and sowing doubt" about the climate crisis.
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