"Toronto Politician Moves to Ban Misleading Fossil Fuel Ads on Transit"

"Oil and gas greenwashing is a major obstacle to climate action, city councillor Dianne Saxe tells DeSmog."

"A Toronto city councillor today published a motion proposing to restrict false and misleading advertising from oil and gas lobby groups on public transit, DeSmog can report.

The motion recommends that the Toronto Transit Commission, more commonly known as TTC, decline any new ads from the Pathways Alliance and Canada Action, two of Canada’s most prominent fossil fuel marketing organizations.

That would include ads such as the full bus wrap purchased last year by Pathways Alliance, which lists Canada’s top six oil and gas producers — Suncor, MEG, Imperial, ConocoPhillips, Cenovus and Canadian Natural — with the text “our net-zero plan is in motion.”

The Pathways ad doesn’t mention that crude oil production in Canada, one of the main obstacles to achieving the country’s net-zero climate targets, is currently at record highs."

Geoff Dembicki reports for DeSmog September 10, 2024.

Source: DeSmog, 09/13/2024