Emily Atkins first brought my awareness to Fossil Fuel Ads and how companies were disguised as climate friendly, when in fact they continued to spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. We are currently at 412 ppm and climbing. See C02.Earth for the historical monitoring of the greenhouse gas.

I woke this morning and saw this tweet from Greta Thunberg. I was skeptical at first, because the money flooding into the economy from fossil fuel companies is beyond staggering and The Guardian news organization is no stranger to needing money to stay in business.

“The Guardian will no longer accept advertising from oil and gas companies, becoming the first major global news organisation to institute an outright ban on taking money from companies that extract fossil fuels.”
A good start, who will take this further?https://t.co/csRuXWZXdG

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 29, 2020

This commitment to ban fossil fuel ads is monumental and a huge change in the right direction in an effort to solving the climate crisis. The decision will be difficult for The Guardian, but this step is a leap toward bringing other news companies on board .

I am encouraged.

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