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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 15h
Thanks to Ad News for covering our #pre-cop campaign at Fiji Airport. #COP31 www.adnews.com.au/news/billboa...
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 19h
Amazing insights here into how big oil is pushing into Australian schools. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Inside the fossil fuel industry's push into Australian classrooms
At least 260 educational programs in Australia are sponsored by fossil fuel companies, according to a report by a climate advocacy group.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're proud to support the Australian Democracy Network's Lobbying Reform Principles including; Universal Rules Stop the Revolving Door Mandate Transparency Independent Regulator Effective Penalties australiandemocracy.org.au/lobbying-pri...
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Lobbying Principles
Working together for a fairer democracy
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Amazing new tool from Australian researchers! See the impact fossil fuel projects have on people and the planet. carbonimpactstracer.com
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Carbon Impacts Tracer
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In the #AFL #GF the sponsorship battle is between Caltex and Woodside. Who wins? None of us. #climatebreakdown #fremantle #Lions #getoffmychest
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Delegates arriving in Fiji for UN climate talks in coming days will see a message they can't ignore. Just like tobacco, we must stop coal, oil and gas corporations from promoting the products that harm us. Thanks to the terrific team at Brains Agency for this amazing work! #COP31 #fossiladban
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Love to see this coverage of the F-list and our great allies overseas. www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
forbes.com
How A Climate Comedy Accidentally Scripted Real Fossil-Fuel Propaganda
Comedy series SLICK satirizes Big Oil's ad industry, and predicted a real fossil-fuel propaganda game before it existed. Inside the data behind the joke.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So happy to welcome Campaign Republic to our Clean Directory! They've worked with some of the biggest names in social change and can help your organisation with everything from campaign design to media training. www.campaign-republic.com
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Scientists: The world must nose dive CO2, methane and other greenhouse gas emissions if we are to avoid global societal destruction. Engineers: Yes, we have the technology. We can do that. Politicians: Nah. Let's burn more oil and gas. Keep things popular whilst we fight the next general election.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting. When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sadly not satire from the coal lobby…
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Terrific coverage of our F-List 2026 of agencies with fossil fuel clients www.adnews.com.au/news/f-list-...
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The earth 🌍is heating, the glaciers are melting and advertising agencies are still helping fossil fuel companies. The F-List, researched by @cleancreatives.bsky.social reveals who is doing the dirty work in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. 140 contracts were found overall. 🧵
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Big surprises coming today in the F-List 2026 for Australia and New Zealand. Subscribe to get the news first: commsdeclare.org/about-us/#su...
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They’re coming for climate education. www.deepcutnews.com/p/queensland...
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Queensland LNP copies Trump’s playbook with conservative appointees
A string of appointments in recent months has drawn concerns the LNP is quietly eroding the independence of state boards
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We're thrilled to see the issue of fossil fuel companies influencing children being taken up by @advocacyresearch.bsky.social On this website can dive deep into the #marketing and #sponsorship programs targeting kids, and report your own examples. fossilfreeclassrooms.org
fossilfreeclassrooms.org
Fossil Fuel Influence in Australian Classrooms
A public record of fossil fuel company programs, sponsorships and materials reaching Australian children.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Terrific essay on how to defend our planet against end of times fascism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ping #auspol When will they get it? 🤷🏻 apple.news/Ab6k9Yzo0QMq...
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Listen 👂🏼 to a proper dissection of Australian media’s non-reporting of the planet failing to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees @Ettemedia.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/w...
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Meta glasses stealth advertising, UN climate reporting falls short + Murdoch’s smart TV deal
Podcast Episode · We Used to be Journos · 8 September · 58min · Video
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A stylish man pointing to the words "At or near 2C warming agriculture collapses."
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New report by WWF NZ shows 88% of analysed government communications showed high or very high alignment with climate obstruction narratives. That's right, bro, New Zealand Government communications mirrors big gas and oil. wwf.org.nz/news/climate...
wwf.org.nz
Keeping the Lights on?
WWF-New Zealand report on climate misinformation from the Government on LNG and offshore oil and gas
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Climate change was the 100% cause behind the Nepal disaster. Watch this excellent video explaining the precise causes of the mountain faults that were kept together with ice acting as cement. This area’s air is warming up 5x faster than global average temperatures, melting this icy cement.
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Everything We Know About Nepal's Flood - And What Everyone Got Wrong
YouTube video by Critical Latitude
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/09/2026
sorry to go publicly mad here but: aren't the impacts of 0 -> 1.5c the **LEAST WORST** impacts of climate change? Wouldn't the "worst" be like.....4C and greater? WHICH WE CAN SPECIFICALLY STILL CHOOSE TO FUCKING AVOID IF WE DON'T BURN THE SHIT OUT OF A SHITLOAD OF FOSSIL FUELS?
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n a retreat. the United Nations concedes that Farth has lost its chance
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Important story from @reneweconomy.com.au Renewable industries must lift their marketing game. reneweconomy.com.au/outgunned-fi...
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Outgunned: Five fossil fuel lobbyists spent $553,000 on Meta ads in August, the renewables industry just $3,090
Fossil fuel lobbyists are flooding social media with ads, outgunning the minimal effort of the renewables industry, which is leaving the work to cash-strapped NGOs.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hey Siri. Explain state capture by the gas industry. 👇
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Terrific news from the UK 🇬🇧 Don’t mix big oil with science education. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership
Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Glaciers snapping off thanks to Saudi Aramco, Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP and all the other fossil fuel companies making a killing.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thanks to @3crmelbourne.bsky.social for covering our report on fossil fuel influence on Australian kids. www.3cr.org.au/climateactio...
3cr.org.au
From Cradle to Career: Fossil fuel companies sponsorship of childhood education programs
In June of this year, Comms Declare published a report titled From Cradle to Career, which looked into the influence and sponsorship of major coal, oil and gas corporations in childhood settings such ...
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Coal lobbyists sponsoring a veterans charity. 🤦 Great shame they’re using the #WanderingWarriors to launder their industry’s dirty legacy. #coalkills
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Congratulations to ABC reporters🎉for winning the Kennedy's 'Outstanding Reporting on Climate and the Environment' award 🏆 Their scoop revealed the methane pollution coming from gas storage tanks on Darwin Harbour and the cover up. We're proud to sponsor #climatejournalism
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Data centres are a gateway drug for climate-wrecking gas. Just say no. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
Labor and Coalition unite to ringfence AI from One Nation backlash
A Coalition olive branch to Anthony Albanese comes as the prime minister prepares to confront conservative states over the use of fossil fuels to power the data centre boom.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Data centres in the NT could underwrite massive gas expansion. 👂🏼Hear more from the legends at NT Environment Centre www.ecnt.org.au/webinar_frac...
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Webinar - Fracked Gas Data Centres
Join ECNT and Lock The Gate campaigners to find out what all the data centre fuss is about and learn how to make your submission to the Senate Inquiry matter.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Because it’s not bad enough to put plastic in our bodies, fossil fuel companies are also damaging our blood. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Scientists detect a surprising shift in human blood as atmospheric CO2 rises
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be leaving a measurable imprint inside the human body. Researchers analyzing more than two decades of U.S. health data found that blood bicarbonate levels h...
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Congratulations 🏅 to the nominees of the first climate and environment reporting award at the Kennedys, proudly sponsored by Comms Declare. #climatejournalism #journalism
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We're thankful that the Australian Senate has debated, for the first time, the role of fossil fuel companies in schools and other childhood settings. 👶 While the Senate did not vote for an inquiry, we'll keep pushing for classrooms to be #fossilfree. commsdeclare.org/2026/08/13/a...
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Australian-first debate on fossil fuel influence on children - Comms Declare
For the first time, the Australian Senate has debated the scale of fossil fuel industry influence on children and young people.
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
How can the media educate readers about climate risks and impacts while also advertising the likes of Shell? Fossil fuels are killing us. Time to stop fossil fuel advertising. #Shell #Heatwave #SMH #Journalism
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We’re in Canberra to support a Senate Inquiry into fossil fuel corporations influencing children’s lives through trusted institutions, including schools. #auspol
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Shark 🦈 attacks are a climate story. apple.news/AUoBf_YtFRzW...
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Why Great White Sharks Are Suddenly Haunting Safe Coastlines — Surfer
Seal abundance, warming waters -- what's really going on with the world's shark population?
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
At last! ‘Climate Crisis’ is actually deemed worthy of its own category at Nine Newspapers. #journalism
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Coal, oil and gas sponsorships are bad for the planet and your image. The latest from Sponsorship News. sponsorshipnews.com.au/index.php?op...
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thank you to Tom Saunders at ABC for reminding us about the world fossil fuels have destroyed. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Year by year, Sydney's winter wonderland is becoming just a memory
New South Wales is in the middle of its 30th consecutive warmer than average winter — and a past staple of the season is rapidly vanishing.
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Perhaps this Amazon delivery robot read some online papers about climate change and decided it wasn’t worth waiting around.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/08/2026
WATCH: ProPublica & @drilledmedia.bsky.social found that oil and gas companies have been funding climate research at prestigious US universities for 30+ years. This research fostered a misperception that climate change could be solved without dramatically curtailing fossil fuels: propub.li/3TTgAGp
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Terrific news from NSW parliament! 👀 A committee has recommended restrictions on promotions for coal, oil and gas. #NSWPol commsdeclare.org/2026/08/03/n...
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NSW Parliament recommends limits on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship - Comms Declare
A New South Wales parliamentary committee has recommended that the state government examine restrictions on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships.
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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute @8t3v3n.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Coal and Gas Brainwashing Aussie Kids with Belinda Noble | The Nelli Stevenson Show FRom @nellistevenson.bsky.social "guest Belinda Noble explore the alarming evidence of fossil fuel industry efforts to influence early childhood education and shaping children's perceptions of climate change"
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💖 Coal and Gas Brainwashing Aussie Kids with Belinda Noble | The Nelli Stevenson Show
YouTube video by The Nelli Stevenson Show
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 30/07/2026
On the Northern Line from ctl London while both Piccadilly & Central lines are down & could not support this more.
Adbusting poster in TfL font and design, posted on a Tube carriage, that reads: Feeling the Heat? Carry a bottle of water / Wear loose clothing / Blame Shell for this heatwave. Travel Hell for London / Every Passenger Suffers.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Burning. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Foreground left: large, windowless buildings. Background: fiery forest horizon and red to black sky. Foreground right: man on his phone saying, “Quick! We need more water to cool down the data centres that are overheating from processing all the news about unprecedented wildfires…”
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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
With the great burning upon us, I wrote about what it means to raise the next generation, the one who will not let us be their teachers. I hope it hits with some people. medium.com/@patchgaley/...
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A Summer of Violence
The fire Friday at Cap Ferret (Maximilien Lamy/Agence France-Presse)
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ping #auspol #climate
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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Sounds like a great idea! Sign the petition at fossiladban.org @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Around the globe governments are banning fossil fuel ads. What are Australian politicians waiting for?
There is nothing democratic about the public realm being used to pressure us towards behaviours that are socially and environmentally destructive. Like reining in the corporate capture of politicians,...
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