Benjamin Shingler is a journalist with CBC Montreal.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres took aim at fossil fuel advertising in a major speech on Wednesday that gave ammunition to critics who have been calling for tighter restrictions in Canada and countries around the world.United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is calling on nations to ban fossil fuel ads, and urging media and tech companies to 'stop taking fossil fuel advertising.
"Many in the fossil fuel industry have shamelessly greenwashed, even as they have sought to delay climate action — with lobbying, legal threats and massive ad campaigns."Guterres has no legal standing to put in place a ban on fossil fuel advertising, but environmentalists and experts who have been calling for tighter restrictions said his comments would give momentum to the cause.
"I don't think that this issue is going to go away at all, and I believe that these calls will result in some jurisdictions actually banning fossil fuel advertising," said Brulle, whose"That could cause major problems for the fossil fuel industry as it would slowly lose its licence to operate and become a pariah industry much like the tobacco industry.
"We are proud to amplify industry efforts to meet the need for safe, reliable, affordable and responsibly produced energy, for Canada and the world," CAPP president Lisa Baiton said in a statement.
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