There’s good news about pollution-related ads -- one city has begun to ban them:

Amsterdam banned advertising for fossil fuels, airlines, and cars, in metro stations.

In 2020 "The Guardian newspaper led the way ... deciding to reject fossil fuel ads.”

Advertising works.

Companies spend billions of dollars on ads. "Big ... budgets ... and branding campaigns do work.”

Most people wrongly believe: ads have no effect on them!

Ads are crafted by professionals whose goal is not to get you to run out and buy something.

The goal is simply to create, or reinforce, positive emotional associations with a product.

The ”affective condition" technique is when advertisers place a product next to items consumers like.

"Detergent brands often associate themselves with babies, sunshine, and flowers,

even though detergent doesn’t have anything to do with those things."

"Displaying the brand alongside feel-good-images makes people think ... positively about the product.”

Car commercial backgrounds have perfectly clean snow, green trees, blue skies & water.

There's no smoky exhaust/pollution anywhere to be seen.

The “marketing seeps into your brain in a way you may not realize ... and it’s happening on a biological level.” "There are strong emotional associations ... created through advertisements.”

The ads produce authenticated results, affecting the purchasing decisions of you and me.

The "ads are designed to be persuasive, and they succeed."

Corporations which profit from pollution spend a lot of money on ads.

Few consumers connect the dots between product purchase and product pollution.

Who, specifically, would pay for “pro-pollution” advertising? Below is a small sample:

List of sponsors (partial) of anti-Kyoto Treaty ads:

"American Automobile Manufacturers Association
American Corn Growers Association
American Farm Bureau Federation
American International Automobile Dealers Asso.
American Iron and Steel Institute
American Petroleum Institute
American Plastics Council
American Sheep Industry Association
American Trucking Associations
American Portland Cement Alliance
Association of American Railroads
Center for Energy and Economic Development

Chemical Manufacturers Association
Coalition for Vehicle Choice
Edison Electric Institute
The Fertilizer Institute
Global Climate Coalition
National Association of Manufacturers
National Automobile Dealers Association
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
National Farmers Union
National Mining Association
United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO
U.S. Chamber of Commerce”

There’s advertising related to methane pollution from cattle:

U.S. annual "advertising spending: [for] fast food restaurants [is] $4.285 Billion.”

And check out the two links here regarding "advertising for non-nutritious foods and ... childhood obesity”.

Plus ads from Big Oil:

“The ... biggest fossil-fuel corporations in America spent ... [over $100 million on] ... advertisements

attempting to sell consumers on an idea ... that fossil-fuel companies are helping to save the world."

no joke

Pollution-producing automobile makers spend plenty of money on ads:

“Carmakers pumped $14 billion ... into TV and web ads ... [for] ... SUVs and pickups.”
“Automobile manufacturers [are on] the list of highest-spending advertisers."

Last but not least:

“At the gas station, we ... place your ad ON THE GAS PUMP
in front of a ... captive audience ... as they wait ... for up to five minutes.”

Don't give these companies your money. Join the boycott.

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There’s good news about pollution-related ads -- one city has begun to ban them:

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In 2020 "The Guardian newspaper led the way ... deciding to reject fossil fuel ads.”