Thread by @David_Ritter

Today @pocockdavid said fossil fuel advertising is the new tobacco advertising and called out the @wallabies for being sponsored by Santos.
So, I'm curious. What about @AGLAustralia?
Which sports teams are taking money from Australia's biggest climate polluter?
Here's a thread:

@WestCoastEagles list AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, as a Premier Partner. You might notice the AGL logo on their player’s shorts:
westcoasteagles.com.au/club/partners

@PAFC list AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, as their official energy partner (and for the double whammy) the Club’s Platinum Partners also include Santos. It is clearly time for Port ‘Power’ to shift to renewables. portadelaidefc.com.au/club/partners

@stkildafc list AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, as their official energy partner and co-naming rights partner of STK Business, the club’s professional networking group… in case you want to network with Australia’s worst climate destroyer.
saints.com.au/club/sponsors

@gomvfc list AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, as a Major Partner - and, ahem, include text on their website about helping to create a sustainable future (not possible without closing AGL’s giant polluting coal-burning power stations by 2030). melbournevictory.com.au/corporate-part…

Corporate sponsorship is a key way polluting companies buy social license. Any team serious about a safer future for playing sport should refuse to represent Australia’s biggest climate polluter - at least until AGL commits to closing its coal-burning power stations by 2030.

Sport sponsorships work as part of a larger system of the fossil fuel industry influencing our democracy, government and society - here’s some longer analysis:
arena.org.au/empire-of-the-…

Players from each of these teams have signed on to The Cool Down - a movement of Australia’s sports stars led by @pocockdavid - and @AFLP4CA, which both demand greater climate action.
An excellent place to start is holding clubs to account for taking money from fossil fuel giants

@AGLAustralia boasts that it is “Proud Supporters of the things you love.”
Many Australians love sport and almost all of us like spending time outdoors. AGL’s refusal to stop burning coal is putting these things at risk.
abc.net.au/news/2021-03-0…

So enough is enough: @WestCoastEagles, @PAFC, @stkildafc and @gomvfc, if you don’t want your clubs associated with extreme climate damage, it is time to tell AGL you don’t want their sponsorship.
#auspol #ClimateAction #COP26