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Dutch City the Hague Is First Banning Oil and Air Travel Ads


The Hague has just become the first city in the world to ban oil ads and ads for large energy-consuming industries including air travel and cruise ships

“Climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes paid by everyday people and vulnerable countries and communities,” Guterres said, adding that “Meanwhile, the Godfathers of climate chaos – the fossil fuel industry – rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer-funded subsidies.” Just last month, called on world leaders to phase out oil and gas from their economies and stop new exploration in hydrocarbons. Speaking in Tonga, during a meeting of Pacific Island leaders, Guterres said “This is a crazy situation: rising seas are a crisis entirely of humanity’s making.

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