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š„BREAKINGš„
Minutes out from the #TourDownUnder criterium race, rebels have chucked buckets of black paint and sprawled āDump Santosā across @SantosLtd HQ.
Our demand: SA Govt must dump Santos as TDU sponsor!
No social consent for climate destruction!
#ClimateEmergency twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā¦
Minutes out from the #TourDownUnder criterium race, rebels have chucked buckets of black paint and sprawled āDump Santosā across @SantosLtd HQ.
Our demand: SA Govt must dump Santos as TDU sponsor!
No social consent for climate destruction!
#ClimateEmergency twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā¦
š¤Ø WHO ARE THE REAL VANDALS?
"Roughly ten years ago @SantosLtd went unpunished after spilling 250,000 litres of oil, narrowly avoiding widespread water contamination in Queensland,ā said @XRSouthAus spokesperson Chris Johnson.
abc.net.au/news/2015-10-0ā¦
"Roughly ten years ago @SantosLtd went unpunished after spilling 250,000 litres of oil, narrowly avoiding widespread water contamination in Queensland,ā said @XRSouthAus spokesperson Chris Johnson.
abc.net.au/news/2015-10-0ā¦
š§ WATER IS LIFE
"Now they want to rip up the Pilliga Forest to establish 850 gas wells which would put the climate and the Great Artesian Basin, the largest artesian basin in the world, at risk,ā said rebel Chris.
abc.net.au/news/2023-01-1ā¦
"Now they want to rip up the Pilliga Forest to establish 850 gas wells which would put the climate and the Great Artesian Basin, the largest artesian basin in the world, at risk,ā said rebel Chris.
abc.net.au/news/2023-01-1ā¦
š„BREAKINGš„
Pedal Rebels are swarming Naarm / Melbourne with a scramble of skeletons and a message for @SantosLtd, sponsor of @TourDownUnder, and @ANZ_au, sponsor of @AustralianOpen:
Itās time to kick fossil fuel sponsorship out of Aussie sport! š
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Pedal Rebels are swarming Naarm / Melbourne with a scramble of skeletons and a message for @SantosLtd, sponsor of @TourDownUnder, and @ANZ_au, sponsor of @AustralianOpen:
Itās time to kick fossil fuel sponsorship out of Aussie sport! š
š§µā¬ļø
@ANZ sponsors the @AustralianOpen and is one of the big four banks funding @SantosLtd, responsible for desecrating sacred Gomeroi Country and cooking the planet.
Santos sponsors the @TourDownUnder. Rebels have protested Santosā sportswashing all week:
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Santos sponsors the @TourDownUnder. Rebels have protested Santosā sportswashing all week:
ausrebellion.earth/news/xr-sa-chaā¦
As rebels swarm the streets of Naarm, deathly fingers of @ANZ and @SantosLtd Business Execs are clutching briefcases stuffed with worthless dollars because business-as-usual = death.
@ANZ_au: We š through your greenwashing!
@SantosLtd: We š through your sportswashing!
@ANZ_au: We š through your greenwashing!
@SantosLtd: We š through your sportswashing!
š„BREAKINGš„
Pedal rebels David and Andrew have donned the āDump Santosā message as they complete the grueling #TourDownUnder Challenge Tour.
They were followed by seven rebels who joined the tour in the final stretches with supporters cheering them on at the finish line.
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Pedal rebels David and Andrew have donned the āDump Santosā message as they complete the grueling #TourDownUnder Challenge Tour.
They were followed by seven rebels who joined the tour in the final stretches with supporters cheering them on at the finish line.
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Tour Down Under security stepped out in front of the supporting riders, putting them at risk.
One rebel was dragged off their bicycle and grazed their knee. Their bicycle was also damaged.
One rebel was dragged off their bicycle and grazed their knee. Their bicycle was also damaged.
"I love the #TourDownUnder. I want it to continue. But Santos is a major oil and gas producer. It's a big cause of the climate crisis." said Challenge Tour rider David.
"It's time we stopped helping them look respectable, and found another sponsor."
"It's time we stopped helping them look respectable, and found another sponsor."
