{"id":3697,"date":"2024-03-04T10:04:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:04:44","slug":"petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of fifteen organizations, including Ecology Ottawa, is calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Ottawa City Council to ban fossil fuel promotion in City facilities.<\/p>\n<p>City\u2019s Finance and Corporate Services Committee meets\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com\/Meeting.aspx?Id=fbdfc4ea-3bbe-4b14-ba76-8d6312bdaf24&amp;Agenda=Agenda&amp;lang=English\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"2\"><strong>on March 5<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to discuss the City\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ca\/en\/business\/partners-and-partnerships\/corporate-partnerships-community-champions-program#section-562f8171-96fd-43c1-b652-139494b28af4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"3\"><strong>Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising policy<\/strong><\/a>, and Ecology Ottawa will be there giving a delegation supporting a ban on fossil fuel promotion. Currently, fossil-fuel companies are allowed to advertise in City facilities like arenas, parks, and City publications.<\/p>\n<p>As Ecology Ottawa&#8217;s program coordinator William van Geest <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/ottawa-council-fossil-fuel-ad-ban-letter-1.7128854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"4\">recently told CBC<\/a>, the promotion of fossil fuels is \u201cin direct conflict [with] the city&#8217;s commitments on climate and public health and equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Permitting fossil-fuel promotion in City facilities contradicts the City\u2019s commitments and its responsibilities for the well-being of Ottawans. The City already bans tobacco advertising because of its adverse health effects. Ecology Ottawa believes they should do the same with fossil-fuel promotion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find the letter and list of signatories\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecologyottawa.ca\/end_fossil_fuel_promotion?utm_campaign=_end_fossil_fuel_promotion_in&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=ecologyottawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"5\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Please contact\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ca\/en\/city-hall\/mayor-and-city-councillors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"6\">your councillor<\/a>\u00a0to express your support for a ban!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of fifteen organizations, including Ecology Ottawa, is calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Ottawa City Council to ban fossil fuel promotion in City facilities. City\u2019s Finance and Corporate Services Committee meets\u00a0on March 5\u00a0to discuss the City\u2019s\u00a0Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising policy, and Ecology Ottawa will be there giving a delegation supporting a ban on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[81,140,149],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5) - Carleton Climate Commons Working Group\u200b<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A group of fifteen organizations, including Ecology Ottawa, is calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Ottawa City Council to ban fossil fuel promotion in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"EmmaDAmico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/\",\"name\":\"Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5) - Carleton Climate Commons Working Group\u200b\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-04T15:04:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-04T15:04:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#\/schema\/person\/0d972d6d0b12e8a657b56683c5089d76\"},\"description\":\"A group of fifteen organizations, including Ecology Ottawa, is calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Ottawa City Council to ban fossil fuel promotion in\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Local Activism\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/category\/local-activism\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/\",\"name\":\"Carleton Climate Commons Working Group\u200b\",\"description\":\"Carleton University\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#\/schema\/person\/0d972d6d0b12e8a657b56683c5089d76\",\"name\":\"EmmaDAmico\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fef20ea1841f0480287bd6cd1b7e8a6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fef20ea1841f0480287bd6cd1b7e8a6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"EmmaDAmico\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5) - Carleton Climate Commons Working Group\u200b","description":"A group of fifteen organizations, including Ecology Ottawa, is calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Ottawa City Council to ban fossil fuel promotion in","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"EmmaDAmico","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/","url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/","name":"Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5) - Carleton Climate Commons Working Group\u200b","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-03-04T15:04:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-04T15:04:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#\/schema\/person\/0d972d6d0b12e8a657b56683c5089d76"},"description":"A group of fifteen organizations, including Ecology Ottawa, is calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Ottawa City Council to ban fossil fuel promotion in","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/2024\/petition-end-fossil-fuel-promotion-in-city-facilities-march-5\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Local Activism","item":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/category\/local-activism\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#website","url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/","name":"Carleton Climate Commons Working Group\u200b","description":"Carleton University","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#\/schema\/person\/0d972d6d0b12e8a657b56683c5089d76","name":"EmmaDAmico","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fef20ea1841f0480287bd6cd1b7e8a6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fef20ea1841f0480287bd6cd1b7e8a6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"EmmaDAmico"}}]}},"acf":{"Post Thumbnail Icon":"news-3","Post Thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3698,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions\/3698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}