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This excellent (though somewhat overdue) news just in, via Culture Unstained:

BP’S 30-YEAR SPONSORSHIP OF NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY TO END

https://youtu.be/SeyG83aIKjQ

From our esteemed friends at BP or not BP:

https://bp-or-not-bp.org/2022/02/20/we-create-fake-stonehenge-drilling

The British Museum must not renew its sponsorship deal with BP:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/the-british-museum-must-not-to-r…;

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REVEALED: BRITISH MUSEUM SECRETLY NEGOTIATING NEW BP DEAL DESPITE OPPOSITION

From https://www.smartcompany.com.au/series/climate-change/sponsorships-tenn…

'Are fossil fuel sponsorships the new cigarettes? Dismayed former Wallabies player David Pocock made the claim after Santos inked

From our friends at BP or not BP:

'Today, at 11.30am, we began a surprise musical protest outside Glasgow’s Theatre Royal to challenge BP’s sponsorship of the Scottish Ballet. Around 50 performers and supporters took part in an action led jointly by BP or not

From our friends at Culture Unstained (2.10.21):

'- Former Science Museum director and respected climate scientist quits Advisory Board over museum’s ‘willingness to accept oil and gas sponsorship’

- Move marks significant shift in position by Professor Rapley, who oversaw and defended a major Shell sponsorship deal while at the helm of the museum 

- Resignation comes

Tell the Science Museum: listen to Indigenous people and drop Adani!

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/science-museum-listen-to-indigenous-p…;

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https://act.350.org/sign/science-museum-adani/

From our friends at Culture Unstained (2.10.21):

'- Former Science Museum director and respected climate scientist quits Advisory Board over museum’s ‘willingness to accept oil and gas sponsorship’

- Move marks significant shift in position by Professor Rapley, who oversaw and defended a major Shell sponsorship deal while at the helm of the museum 

- Resignation comes

From our friends at Culture Unstained:

'It has emerged that New Scientist have dropped the oil giant BP both as a sponsor and as a speaker for its upcoming event on climate change, ‘Creating a sustainable future’. Billed as “a day of inspiring talks and discussion with

From our friends at Real Media:

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'Demonstrators attach themselves to railings in reaction to museum taking funding from oil firm for Our Future Planet show':

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/29/extinction-rebellio…

From our friends at https://cultureunstained.org/bp-paralympics-coverage/

STATEMENT ON THE NEWS THAT BP IS NO LONGER SPONSORING CHANNEL 4’S PARALYMPICS COVERAGE

We are organisations and athletes that are deeply concerned about the climate breakdown we are starting to see around the world. We recognise the need

From our friends at Fossil Free Arts (Western Australia):

'At the opening night of WA Ballet’s performance of Dracula, two dancers showed that Woodside Energy’s Scarborough gas would suck the life from future generations. We call on WA Ballet to end their relationship with climate and cultural heritage destroying Woodside because of their inability to drop their addiction to fossil

From our excellent friends at Culture Unstained:

'On 19th May, the Science Museum in London opened its new climate exhibition ‘Our Future Planet‘ – sponsored by the oil giant and major polluter Shell. Since the sponsorship deal was announced back in April, a major backlash has unfolded with scientists, youth climate activists, exhibition contributors and the wider public speaking out

From our friends at BP or not BP:

'Dear friends,

We're excited to announce our next action: a disobedient tour of the British Museum on Saturday August 14th!

We'll be joined by a team of amazing speakers inside the museum, making the links between objects in the museum’s collection, the history of the British Empire, the museum's BP