WEBVTT - The Netherlands Considers a Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, drilled listeners, we are talking today to FUMCUS leaguers.

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<v Speaker 1>She heads up a group in the Netherlands that's working

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<v Speaker 1>to ban fossil fuel ads, and I wanted to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to her because that is an idea that has been

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<v Speaker 1>floated here as well, and I was curious to hear

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<v Speaker 1>if she had the same sort of reception there as

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<v Speaker 1>people have gotten here, how the media is reacting to it,

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<v Speaker 1>all of those kinds of things. One of the really

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<v Speaker 1>interesting things that she mentioned was that in the Netherlands,

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<v Speaker 1>Shell sponsors a lot of educational and science and culture

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<v Speaker 1>events and that is one of the biggest ways that

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<v Speaker 1>they advertise, especially to young kids. So they are tackling

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<v Speaker 1>that part of advertising as well, so not just media ads,

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<v Speaker 1>but also event sponsorship, which would be a huge deal

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<v Speaker 1>if people in the US picked up because the oil

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<v Speaker 1>companies very much do the same thing here. If you

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<v Speaker 1>listened to our episode on Louisiana, you would have heard

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<v Speaker 1>about Shell sponsoring JazzFest there, and BP sponsoring all kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of museum exhibits, and Chevrons sponsoring various educational and arts groups.

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<v Speaker 1>Oil companies do that kind of thing to establish what

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<v Speaker 1>they call a social license to operate. This is an

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<v Speaker 1>idea that BP first formalized in a couple of papers

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<v Speaker 1>following the Deep Water Horizon spill. It's the notion that

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<v Speaker 1>the most important thing really to fossil fuel's ability to

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<v Speaker 1>stay alive and stay profitable is a social license. In

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<v Speaker 1>other words, a license from the public to continue doing

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<v Speaker 1>what they're doing, a sense that whatever damage they might

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<v Speaker 1>be doing is outweighed by the good that they do.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to get into all of that and more

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<v Speaker 1>on today's episode coming up right after this message from

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<v Speaker 1>today's sponsor. I'm Ami Westervelt and this is Drilled.

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<v Speaker 2>I was wondering you could start with having you introduce

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<v Speaker 2>yourself and.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk a bit about this fossil fuel ads ban.

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<v Speaker 2>Campaign that you're working on, kind of how it came

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<v Speaker 2>about and what you guys are trying to do.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, I'm Famcus Snakers. I'm with the Dutch brand

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<v Speaker 3>of the Worldwide Fosil Free Movement, and we want to

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<v Speaker 3>put an end to the misleading of the public and

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<v Speaker 3>the politicians by banning advertisements and marketing by the fossil

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<v Speaker 3>fuel industry. And yeah, we can paign for a tobacco

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<v Speaker 3>style ban of fossil fuel advertisements, and this band would

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<v Speaker 3>prevent greenwashing, branding, sponsoring, and it basically forbids fossil fuel

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<v Speaker 3>companies to use their logos on any other place than

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<v Speaker 3>they're direct selling points, so at the gas stations and

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<v Speaker 3>at these gas stations, we want a warning, just like

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<v Speaker 3>on a pack of cigarettes, so people can make an

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<v Speaker 3>informed choice. And we arrived at this campaign because we

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<v Speaker 3>were campaigning at child marketing and the influence of companies

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<v Speaker 3>like Shell in education.

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<v Speaker 1>That's interesting, that's really interesting. We're working on a series.

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<v Speaker 4>About Oh great, because it's so pervasive.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, it's really Yeah, it's really struck. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 3>really systematic. And it started out when there was a

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<v Speaker 3>child marketing festival in the Hague, the city where I

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<v Speaker 3>live and where also headquarters of Shell is and this

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<v Speaker 3>festival it's called Generation Discover, nice name, of course, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's part of the world wide Make the Future campaign

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<v Speaker 3>by Shell. But this campaign was aimed at kids from

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<v Speaker 3>six years old till thirteen year old, and of course

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<v Speaker 3>it's all about windmills and clean energy and our local

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<v Speaker 3>city council was subsidizing it from the yeah, the difucation

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<v Speaker 3>budget and yeah, so we were campaigning against that. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we dove into the message of Shell. What is Shell

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<v Speaker 3>really telling us at this festival? And yeah, we discovered

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<v Speaker 3>that between all the green and shiny technolological innovation kind

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<v Speaker 3>of messages and of course they were fully aligned with

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<v Speaker 3>sustainable development goals, and we covered that they also had

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<v Speaker 3>some climate lies. And so they made a children lay

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<v Speaker 3>a puzzle about the energy mix in twenty seventeen, and

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<v Speaker 3>of course the puzzle has fixed pieces, so there was

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<v Speaker 3>no Yeah, they didn't ask kids, how do you think

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<v Speaker 3>the energy mix will look like in twenty fifty? And

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<v Speaker 3>of course twenty fifty is the year when we should

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<v Speaker 3>all be at zero emissions according to the PIRS agreement.

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<v Speaker 3>And in the puzzle that Shell made can relate it said,

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<v Speaker 3>in twenty fifty there will still be seventy percent cool

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<v Speaker 3>oil and gas in the energy mix.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah. And I asked an employee at festival, from

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<v Speaker 3>why are you telling these two children? You say, Shell

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<v Speaker 3>says it's aligned to Paris, and you say, at the festival,

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<v Speaker 3>you teach kids that in twenty fifty there's still seventy

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<v Speaker 3>percent cool oil and gas in the energy mix. And

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<v Speaker 3>then he said well, we have to be realistic and

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<v Speaker 3>we want to we don't want to lie to children

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<v Speaker 3>and yeah, so yeah, and and let's you see that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>Shell wants kids too. It's really proper Conna. They are

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<v Speaker 3>really influencing kids to think in us in a way

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<v Speaker 3>and to keep yeah, oil and gas normal for for

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<v Speaker 3>decades to come. Yeah. Shell has is of course very

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<v Speaker 3>big on gas. And they had this this fuel Guests

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<v Speaker 3>to Liquid and they were advertising at it with the

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<v Speaker 3>festival and they said it's Guests to Liquid aligned to

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<v Speaker 3>the Sustainable Development Goal number seven for clean energy and

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<v Speaker 3>and of course it was also again a big lie,

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<v Speaker 3>and we thought we were fighting this lie at the

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<v Speaker 3>Ethical Board for for advertisements and we won so so

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<v Speaker 3>Shell had to to say it was sorry. But then

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<v Speaker 3>we thought, well, we are chasing each advertisement by Shell,

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<v Speaker 3>but this is really systematic and we can't. We don't

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<v Speaker 3>have the money to run after every lie that they tell.

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<v Speaker 3>And then we thought, well, how how did they do

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<v Speaker 3>it at a tobacco industry because they also went to

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<v Speaker 3>schools and told lives to kids and like Shell does

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<v Speaker 3>and Axon and all the others. And then we thought, well,

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<v Speaker 3>we need a tobacco law for the fossil fuel industry.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, yeah, the tobacco industry can't use their logo

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<v Speaker 3>anymore and h and the same should be for the

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<v Speaker 3>for the fossil fuel industry.

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<v Speaker 4>It's interesting that you extended to, you know, sponsoring these

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<v Speaker 4>types of events too.

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<v Speaker 2>If we did an episode.

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<v Speaker 4>With some folks in Louisiana recently and.

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<v Speaker 1>They were talking about how much the oil companies sort

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<v Speaker 1>of embedded.

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<v Speaker 4>Themselves in the local institutions there, you know, and so

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<v Speaker 4>that a lot of the educational organizations and art museums

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<v Speaker 4>and community groups and whatever are sort of dependent on funding.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's probably the first thing they hear they learn

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<v Speaker 3>about climate change, and it's it's coming from philosophiel industry

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<v Speaker 3>exactly the way they think.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, so what like, what when did you start

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<v Speaker 1>and what has the response been so far from either

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<v Speaker 1>the oil companies or politicians or you know, what's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>how's it going so far?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we started out with a citizens initiative and for

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<v Speaker 3>that we need four few thousand signatures and then we

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<v Speaker 3>can really address it at at our national government. And

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<v Speaker 3>yeah that we because of Corona, our campaign a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit changed. So so we have about five thousand signatures

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<v Speaker 3>at the moment that could be far more. And the

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<v Speaker 3>politicians it's really yeah, yeah, it's it's it's not Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it's really a logical thing if you ask politicians. But

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<v Speaker 3>why what's a good reason to not introduce a band

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<v Speaker 3>for fossiphal advertisements? I think they can answer it because

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<v Speaker 3>really dangerous and there yeah, there's no way to defend this.

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<v Speaker 3>But of course they are all conservative and and of

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<v Speaker 3>course there are also next year are the elections and uh,

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<v Speaker 3>and maybe the Green Party wants to join the liberals

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<v Speaker 3>and so they're a little bit hesitant to speak out.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>What about have you heard anything from media outlets like

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<v Speaker 1>either TV, radio or magazine newspaper that that might have

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<v Speaker 1>some amount of their revenue attached to these ads.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's a very interesting one because we we we've

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<v Speaker 3>red campaigning for the city of Amsterdam to ban all

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<v Speaker 3>fossil fiel ads in the city, in the capitol and

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<v Speaker 3>and it's really hard to make a connection to the media.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think that's partly because they are funded by

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<v Speaker 3>flossi few ads and there's the the main they're the

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<v Speaker 3>most elite newspaper in the Holland like the New York Times,

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's it's running branded content for for shell a

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<v Speaker 3>lot and and yeah, and and that's really something we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to address that within the editorial board. There is

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<v Speaker 3>already they are not and seface. So there was an

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<v Speaker 3>opposition with in the in the paper that's interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>So have you looked at I know, there's the one

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<v Speaker 1>newspaper in Sweden and then the Guardian.

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<v Speaker 4>I think they're the only too so far that I

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<v Speaker 4>have done this right.

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<v Speaker 2>And they've they've I mean they've they.

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<v Speaker 1>Have really good answers for all of this stuff. The

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<v Speaker 1>thing that the Guardian woman said to us that I

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<v Speaker 1>thought was so interesting was and like makes it so easy,

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<v Speaker 1>because a lot of people have been kind of like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, where does it end?

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<v Speaker 5>Do you ban car ads and you know travel ads

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<v Speaker 5>and you know, any kind of ad could have a

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<v Speaker 5>carbon footprint associated with their right, So her response was that,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, fossil fuel.

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<v Speaker 1>Companies are never advertising a product. They're always just advertising

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<v Speaker 1>sort of a policy position or trying to make people

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<v Speaker 1>think a certain way about their brands. And so it's

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<v Speaker 1>very it's very.

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<v Speaker 4>Easily distinguished from other types of advertising because they're not

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<v Speaker 4>selling anything, so anyway, Yeah, I mean, I guess, is

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<v Speaker 4>there a sense do you have any any sense at

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<v Speaker 4>all of sort of how much revenue these folks might

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<v Speaker 4>be getting from fossil fiel companies, because that was one

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<v Speaker 4>thing that when we were talking to the Guardian, folks like,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think a lot of oil and gas companies

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<v Speaker 4>were advertising in the Guardian anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Excellent, excellent, was though, Yeah that's true. Yeah, but they

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<v Speaker 1>but they did, they said they it represented I think

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<v Speaker 1>like one percent of their of their ad revenue, which

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<v Speaker 1>you know, especially right now, is a lot. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm curious if like you have any sense of

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<v Speaker 1>of how much they might be spending on particularly.

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<v Speaker 3>Media bias not yet, not yet, do you.

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<v Speaker 4>Think it might be impacting how the media is even

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<v Speaker 4>covering your campaign?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we can't say that for sure, but yeah, and

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<v Speaker 3>because yeah, we went live during Corona Sol, so it's.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard to tell. Yeah, Okay, And then I know

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<v Speaker 1>you emailed me initially because you had noticed shortly after

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<v Speaker 1>you launched that a shadowy figure was visiting your website.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you say a little bit about that, Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, we just launched our websites like two weeks

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<v Speaker 3>and I was checking if if if there was already

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<v Speaker 3>incoming traffic and and I saw, Yeah, amongst the familiar names,

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<v Speaker 3>I saw a name I didn't know, and it was

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<v Speaker 3>sick Watch, And I ran a quick Google search and

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<v Speaker 3>found that this company monitors and gos and grassroots activism

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<v Speaker 3>against multinationals. And then it's like big agro bit, big food,

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<v Speaker 3>big oil, and big tobacco, and they also teach multinationals

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<v Speaker 3>how to mute activism. So I dove somewhat deeper and

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<v Speaker 3>I discovered sick, which was founded in the nineties. And

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<v Speaker 3>for me, yeah, that was reason for mald suspicion, as

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<v Speaker 3>in the nineties all kind of denihilism sprang and was flourishing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I found that the founder of sick which was Road Blood,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I ran a search on Robert Blood and

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<v Speaker 3>I discovered this a guy named Robert Blood helped casting

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<v Speaker 3>doubt about the health hazards of smoking for British America tobacco,

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<v Speaker 3>and he even linked opposition to tobacco regulation to opposition

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<v Speaker 3>on environmental issues. And it was suggesting that the best

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<v Speaker 3>way to counteractivism is showing understanding and using fair words

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<v Speaker 3>and taking very small actions refer to that.

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<v Speaker 1>I get a that they are The fossil fuel industry

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<v Speaker 1>in general is getting quite worried about its social license

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<v Speaker 1>being eroded.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you guys connected with groups elsewhere in the world

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<v Speaker 2>that are looking at a similar kind of approach.

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<v Speaker 3>No, we know that that in the UK there's a

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<v Speaker 3>group and and they're trying. Yeah, they have a different approach.

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<v Speaker 3>They say, well, all all greenwashing should have a warning

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<v Speaker 3>on it, and if they don't, then well we need

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<v Speaker 3>a ban. You think a warning of also feel ads

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<v Speaker 3>is not enough because the misleading can still go on.

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<v Speaker 1>Yea.

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<v Speaker 3>And in Norway there was an editorial letter from the

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<v Speaker 3>Climate Youth and they also were pleading for a band.

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<v Speaker 3>But I don't know if if a campaign is attached

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<v Speaker 3>to it, if if if there are any other initiatives,

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<v Speaker 3>because I think the timing is just right, And yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we really must step up, and yeah, we don't have

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<v Speaker 3>time for nudging every consumer to make the right choice.

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<v Speaker 3>And we can't expect children and adults to be aware

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<v Speaker 3>of misleading ads all the time, and we don't have

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<v Speaker 3>to chase every ad, so so yeah, we must be open.

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<v Speaker 3>We must open the conversation to strict legal regulation. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>but I think it's still a taboo because we always

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<v Speaker 3>solve things with nudging and with self regulation. But it's

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<v Speaker 3>not enough in the right of climate change.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you making any kind.

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<v Speaker 1>Of inroads with politicians that might take this up or

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<v Speaker 1>or even like sort of you know, legal organizations or

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<v Speaker 1>civil society groups or anything like that that might you know,

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<v Speaker 1>take this up and turn it into legislation.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, we are.

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<v Speaker 2>We are.

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<v Speaker 3>Planning to make our own tobacco style law. So so

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<v Speaker 3>we will make a proposal. We are already talking with

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<v Speaker 3>lawyers about it, and we will present this this uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>this law to the politicians and perhaps some who favored this,

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<v Speaker 3>so they will propose it in parliament. And we already

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<v Speaker 3>ran a test with the tobacco law and it's just yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>the tobacco law that advanced uh tobacco advertisement. And it's

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<v Speaker 3>it's really easy to convert it to the fossil fuel industry.

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<v Speaker 3>So so it's like one of one. So it's also

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<v Speaker 3>a concept that many countries can uh can do. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>many countries will plead for it for such a law.

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<v Speaker 2>H h.

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<v Speaker 3>H h h m.

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