[Photo: BP or not BP? protest against Scottish Ballet, November 12, 202]

Image: London Rising Tide outside the NPG, June 2003.

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

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

February 22, 2022

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…;

See also

REVEALED: BRITISH MUSEUM SECRETLY NEGOTIATING NEW BP DEAL DESPITE OPPOSITION

https://cultureunstained.org/bm-seekingnewbpdeal/

and

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 a deal with Rugby Australia in 2019.

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 BP? and Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir.

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 ahead of COP26 climate talks and intensifies pressure on museum already facing controversy for partnering with companies continuing to extract fossil fuels beyond safe climate limits

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/

7.12.21:

'Indigenous leaders urge London’s Science Museum to cut ties with 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 ahead of COP26 climate talks and intensifies pressure on museum already facing controversy for partnering with companies continuing to extract fossil fuels beyond safe climate limits

From our friends at Culture Unstained: