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Badvertising Blog 

The Ministry for the Climate Emergency says – we’ve all got ‘planes on the brain’

11th August 202311th August 2023 Andrew Simms 0 Comments airlines, climate, climate emergency, flights, fossil fuels, minsitry, video

Following the first public health warning from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency about the dangers of brain pollution – its new

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Badvertising Blog 

New legal advice supports councils taking action to ban polluter ads

14th May 202314th May 2023 Veronica Wignall 0 Comments adverts, fossil fuel, law, legal, local authorities

New legal advice commissioned by the New Weather Institute for Badvertising and Adfree Cities gives local authorities the green light

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Badvertising Blog 

Gothenburg, the next Swedish city to ban fossil fuel advertising?

14th May 202314th May 2023 Anna Jonssen 0 Comments badvertiding, gothenburg, local bans, sweden

Last fall, the municipality of Stockholm announced it would introduce a fossil ad ban, prohibiting “all advertising, sponsorship and other

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Global average ocean surface temperatures 08 04 2023 Source: NOAA & Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Creative Commons License.
Blog Rapid Transition Weather Bombs 

Why I Wrote Hothouse Earth

10th April 202310th April 2023 Bill McGuire 0 Comments climate emergency, fossil fuels, global heating, rapid transition

As the latest data reveals global average sea surface temperatures hitting a record high, Prof Bill McGuire explains why he wrote his uncompromising bestseller, Hothouse Earth

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

How to save the Royal Mail

26th January 202326th January 2023 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments mick lynch, post, royal mail, unions, universal service obligation

It’s a commonplace to say now that the government got it all wrong when it tried to demonise strikes and

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

The Royal Mail – for public service or private profit?

10th January 202310th January 2023 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments Economics, Finance, Public service

Is it our fault? Are we asleep at the wheel, mildly surprised at the sell-off of much that was thought

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Blog Rapid Transition The Economics Reformation 

Economic prospects in 2023: the New Weather Institute in the Financial Times survey

3rd January 20233rd January 2023 Andrew Simms 0 Comments climate, Economics, green new deal, rapid transition

Each year the Financial Times polls a group of economic analysts on what they think the next year holds in store for

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Badvertising Blog 

FIFA has been dangerously misleading. This is why.

1st December 20221st December 2022 Freddie Daley 0 Comments

This post first appeared on the Badverts.org website… ,Ahead of the Men’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar kicking-off, athletes, sports

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

The resistable rise of the Absent Corporation

17th July 202217th July 2022 David Boyle 1 Comment absent coporation, customer service, tickbox

I have tried to launch some kind of award system over the 18 months or so since the publication of

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Badvertising Blog 

Our challenge to the government: how will you reduce demand?

13th March 202223rd March 2022 Veronica Wignall 0 Comments badvertising, demand reduction, suvs

“At present, the government has no plans in place for ending sales of vehicles based on body type, including SUVs,

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