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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 3h
How can you build your confidence off-grid and conquer the trails on your own terms? In our latest episode of TGR Storytime, ultra-runner Hannah Large shares her work with Making Tracks Bristol, helping women build navigation skills and embrace off-grid running. Links to the pod on our website 👇🏻
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Hannah Large: Off-Grid Power - The Green Runners CIC
Laura chats with ultra-runner and charity consultant Hannah Large. Inspired by her mother to fall in love with off-road running Hannah shares her experiences from winning Race to the Stones to co-foun...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6h
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Fossil Free Football @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ManCity will pay a massive fine for all its illegal behaviour funded by oil money. How about using that money for free solar panels and batteries for UK amateur clubs?
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 15h
Btw, this reminded me that the Braves now employ relief pitcher Brent Suter, who I interviewed earlier this year! During our conversation, he became the first American pro athlete to speak out publicly against fossil fuel advertising in sports: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/brent-suter
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Meet the baseball player who's tired of promoting Big Oil
In an exclusive interview, Brent Suter becomes the first American pro athlete to speak out against fossil fuel advertising in sports.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 18h
Comrades Marathon has dropped its oily sponsors 👏🏻🥳🎉 One less race being used for sportswashing! Now it needs to turn action into policy. Time for other races to follow Comrades lead. @badvertising.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ygYYO...
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Comrades Marathon Dropped Its Fossil Fuel Sponsor | Is it Official?
YouTube video by Politically Aweh
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 18h
Comrades Marathon has dropped its oily sponsors 👏🏻🥳🎉 One less race being used for sportswashing! Now it needs to turn action into policy. Time for other races to follow Comrades lead. @badvertising.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ygYYO...
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Comrades Marathon Dropped Its Fossil Fuel Sponsor | Is it Official?
YouTube video by Politically Aweh
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wizz Air Ealing Half Marathon video race report. The team had one race target. It wasn’t about PB’s, it was all about highlighting the problems associated with adopting polluting sponsors. Watch the video to see how they got on. Then sign our petition. 🎥 to Talia & Liam @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The heat wave continues in the UK. It’s all relative of course. But the temperature continues to be above the seasonal average and rainfall is down.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As you can see from the video there was a lot of support for our crew as they flew around Ealing at the weekend. Please show your support by signing our petition ✍️ Let’s rid running of sportswashing for the sake of our health & the planet 🌍 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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Drop Polluting Sponsors - Stop taking the Whizz
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wizz Air Ealing Half Marathon video race report. The team had one race target. It wasn’t about PB’s, it was all about highlighting the problems associated with adopting polluting sponsors. Watch the video to see how they got on. Then sign our petition. 🎥 to Talia & Liam @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Meet Leigh, a keen trail runner stepping into the world of ultra marathons while putting our How We Speak Out pillar into action. Inspired by listening to green running podcasts, Leigh joined TGR to make a tangible difference on every trail run 🏃‍♂️
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Love this! Our door is very much open- come and share your green travel adventures, ideas and tips with us! ✨💚
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On yer bike! 🚲 Take a ferry from the South West or the Eurostar from London. Slow down and see more. Some beautiful routes to explore 🌎💚
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please give our friends a follow 💚 Flight Free UK’s mission is to inform people of the climate impact of aviation & inspire people to travel by other means. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social Badvertising is a campaign to stop adverts & sponsorships fuelling the climate emergency. @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who’s signed our petition. It’s not too late to join us, @badvertising.bsky.social & @flightfreeuk.bsky.social in telling Wizz Air race organisers to drop their big polluting sponsor. They’re taking the Whizz 🤬 ✍️ sign our petition today. 🛑 stop #sportswashing
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join us for our Nottingham Local Meet Up. Runners welcome, walkers welcome! 💚 to see you there ⏰️ 17 Oct 08:45 📍 Colwick parkrun 🤝 Meet Weirfields Recreation Ground pavilion 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for Kev & his badges. Post run we plan to litter pick 🗑 followed by ☕️
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🚂 The railway station is located approximately 0.8 miles from the start, and Beeston bus and tram interchange is 1.3 miles away.

🚌 The CT4N 18 bus (between Stapleford and Nottingham, via Beeston) provides the closest bus point stopping at the Meadow Road shops (0.5 miles from the start).
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wowsers, just a few pounds off our £10k target 😍 Thanks so much to everyone who has donated! Can you help with the final £200? donorbox.org/the-flight-f...
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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’
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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come along to our *free* event in Oxford! Our panel will be covering topics such as why we should fly less, how to get to Corsica without flying, and local activism going on in the area. Thurs 15th October, 6:30pm Join in person or online! Tickets: tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This week is Ealing Climate Week 💚🌍 Running doesn’t go hand-in-hand with promoting flying. It’s a huge contradiction. We hope Ealing Council can help convince the Ealing HM to drop Wizz Air. Large video adverts at Ealing HM during climate week. Make it make sense. @badvertising.bsky.social
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annacycles.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I ran Ealing half marathon today dressed as a plane to protest against the race being sponsored by Wizz Air. Airlines shouldn’t be sponsoring running events. They really are taking the wizz. (As opposed to these guys, who are taking a wizz)
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our runners have completed their short haul flight around Ealing. Time for a virtual wizz. Time for sportswashing to take flight. Let’s Wizz! Sign our petition ✍️ Let race organisers know how you feel 📣 Run for good 🏃‍♂️ 💚🌍 @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our green flight crew chatted to fellow runners & spectators along the Ealing HM course. Once over the 🏁, they delivered our letter to Will, CEO of race organisers Race Nation. We hope to continue our dialogue with them for a greener future. @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Show our Ealing HM runners some love 💚 and support by signing ✍️ our petition - we want race organisers to commit to dropping polluting sponsors. Stop taking the Whizz! www.change.org/Drop_Polluti...
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We are running the race on oil, just like Wizz Air Ealing HM. Green Runners need fuelling just like any other runner. The TGR crew are on hand to dispense oily refreshments along the route. End sportswashing. #ClimateCrisis @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This week is Ealing Climate Week 💚🌍 Running doesn’t go hand-in-hand with promoting flying. It’s a huge contradiction. We hope Ealing Council can help convince the Ealing HM to drop Wizz Air. Large video adverts at Ealing HM during climate week. Make it make sense. @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is why we have an issue with Wizz Air’s sponsorship of Ealing Half Marathon (and the other eight sponsored races) 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Change in pilot at Ealing Half Marathon. Mandatory Green Runners patch looking good. Unseasonably warm running conditions thanks to climate change. We thank the polluting sponsor for their contribution. Brace brace. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Breaking news as Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes spotted taking a short haul flight around the streets of Ealing. #DropPollutingSponsors They’re taking the Whizz! @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We take issue with Ealing Half Marathon’s choice of sponsor - Wizz Air. The Green Runners crew are flying around the 13.1km route today calling out the use of polluting sponsors in running. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A team of Green Runners will be taking a short haul flight this morning. I understand they heading to the departure gate. Watch this space for updates. #TakingTheWhizz
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A runner living in London who travelled to participate in all nine events as part of the promotion could be responsible for an estimated 5.4 tonnes of CO₂e associated with the flights. That’s the equivalent of one UK citizen’s annual emissions! They’re taking the Whizz 🤬
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wizz Air, lead sponsor of 9 road races, aren’t hiding their objective. 🥇 Winners get Wizz vouchers. 🏃‍♂️ Every Skopje Marathon entrant gets a voucher. ✈️ Run the most kms across all 9 races & win an annual fly all you can pass. Jasmin Paris explains why we must keep aviation out of running.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A ray of light from the UK PM! Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee. Read @carbonbrief.org’s great article. This is why we object to airlines sponsoring races. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week is Ealing Climate Week. And on Sunday a big polluter is using Ealing as a billboard! It’s the Wizz Air Ealing Half Marathon Running doesn’t go hand-in-hand with promoting flying. It’s a huge contradiction. We hope Ealing Council can help convince the Ealing Half Marathon to drop Wizz Air.
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Ealing Climate Week 2026 | 19–27 September | Ealing Council - Ealing Climate Week
Ealing Climate Week returns 19–27 September 2026. Browse events, discover hubs across Ealing's 7 towns, and find out how to get involved.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Big polluters have no place in our sport. They’re taking the Whizz. 🤬 Here’s what: Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social Liam Killeen @badvertising.bsky.social Anna Hughes @flightfreeuk.bsky.social & Dan Tipney, Safe Landing have to say about Wizz Air sponsorship. Hint: They’re not impressed!
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We’ve signed the @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social Fossil Free Declaration. And encourage you to do the same. The Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes & fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships from high-carbon industries and phasing out existing deals.
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The Fossil Free Declaration — Cool Down
Launched by the Cool Down - Sport For Climate Action Network, the Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes, and fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships and c...
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The clearest warning: Nature isn't just nice to have - we need it. Our own experts say it straight, when ecosystems collapse, food runs short, people move, conflict follows. So we get to choose... keep burning carbon or build something better.
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is leadership 💚 No fossil fuel sponsorship - clean action from sports organisations, athletes and fans. Our planet shouldn't be backed by industries warming it. Who is stepping up next? 🌎
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The climate crisis isn't just making heat worse, it's shifting the rhythm of our seasons. Heatwaves are starting earlier, lingering longer, striking faster - and these changes are driven by emissions, including from flying. We need to make more sensible choices, to keep the world liveable.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We’ve signed the @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social Fossil Free Declaration. And encourage you to do the same. The Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes & fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships from high-carbon industries and phasing out existing deals.
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The Fossil Free Declaration — Cool Down
Launched by the Cool Down - Sport For Climate Action Network, the Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes, and fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships and c...
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sportswashing is an oily stain on our sports. We campaign for all running events drop high-carbon sponsors. We’ve identified 41 races with high-carbon sponsors. 24 gas & oil, 14 airline & three car manufacturers. No doubt we’ve missed many more. @badvertising.bsky.social
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Sportswashing: Drop polluting sponsors - The Green Runners CIC
The Green Runners say that taking sponsorship money from high-carbon industries to support a running event or fund local charities isn’t ethical. We’ve called
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Big polluters have no place in our sport. They’re taking the Whizz. 🤬 Here’s what: Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social Liam Killeen @badvertising.bsky.social Anna Hughes @flightfreeuk.bsky.social & Dan Tipney, Safe Landing have to say about Wizz Air sponsorship. Hint: They’re not impressed!
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Cool Down @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW PIECE: Football said it couldn’t afford to lose gambling sponsors. Then twenty Premier League clubs started this season without a front shirt betting sponsor Football did not collapse. So why do many view high-carbon industries so differently? 🧵
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The Premier League banned gambling sponsorship on shirts. Could polluting sponsors be next? — Cool Down
For twenty years we were told it couldn't be done. Football needed the bookmakers and gambling companies’' money. Take it away and clubs would go under, the pyramid would crumble, the product would su...
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The strongest El Niño is brewing - threatening harvests, homes and lives. 🔥💔 The article puts it plainly: the window for action is rapidly closing. Do your bit for the climate emergency, stay on the ground, cut emissions, every choice counts.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sportswashing is an oily stain on our sports. We campaign for all running events drop high-carbon sponsors. We’ve identified 41 races with high-carbon sponsors. 24 gas & oil, 14 airline & three car manufacturers. No doubt we’ve missed many more. @badvertising.bsky.social
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Sportswashing: Drop polluting sponsors - The Green Runners CIC
The Green Runners say that taking sponsorship money from high-carbon industries to support a running event or fund local charities isn’t ethical. We’ve called
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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Always wanted to be the face of The Green Runners. Today is not quite that day.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What’s the difference between a Green Runner & an airline that sponsors races? Create your own meme highlighting high-carbon sponsors & tag us! Join us, @badvertising.bsky.social & @flightfreeuk.bsky.social in telling race organisers to drop big polluting sponsors.
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
High-carbon ad bans are sweeping across Europe - and the fossil fuel industry is rattled.  Here’s why a fossil ad ban can end their influence. www.desmog.com/2026/09/11/e...
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Exclusive: Oil Industry Moves to Weaken Proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban in France
Lisez en français. Fossil fuel companies and broadcasters are working to dilute proposed world-first national restrictions on fossil fuel ads due to come into effect in France at the start of next yea...
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wizz Air claim to have the lowest airline CO2 emissions in Europe. At the same time, their desire is to provide everyone with flights at the lowest price & all you can fly annual passes. Reducing emissions while fuelling demand for cheap flights isn’t the answer. @badvertising.bsky.social
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