SCIENTISTS CALL OUT SCIENCE MUSEUM OVER TIES TO BIG OIL

From https://www.behindthelogos.org/scientists-call-out-science-museum/ A group that includes many leading climate scientists have today lodged a formal complaint with the Science Museum The museum is accused of ‘undermining its integrity as a scientific institution’ by partnering with BP, Shell and Statoil despite their continued contribution to climate change The complaint presents new evidence showing the museum knew about sponsors’ ties to corruption and climate disinformation but signed deals regardless Toda

Loud, clear and huge in Amsterdam

Around 14:00 (9.6.18), one of the 35 Fossil Free Culture Netherlands performers positioned herself on the monumental staircase of the Van Gogh Museum's main building in Amsterdam, ready to declaim the collective’s newly penned manifesto. As her words rang out, others unfurled long paper banners from the balustrades one by one. Only after the declamation was complete, was the full text legible: END THE FOSSIL FUEL AGE NOW. The typographic work of artists such as Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer inspired the presentation of the manifesto.

Fake "BP" staff surprise attendees at British Museum press launch

  • Performers set up fake BP “welcoming committee” in front of Scythians exhibition for two and a half hours
  • “Invisible theatre” performance highlights irony of BP sponsoring exhibits whose future study is threatened by melting permafrost
  • Oil company accused of using British Museum to further its interests in Russia

Photo by Diana More.