Taking down fossil fuels, one billboard at a time. Words by Danny Chivers.
More and more cities are banning high-carbon advertising.
Amsterdam and Arnhem in the Netherlands. Portsmouth and Sheffield in Britain. Florence in Italy. These cities are just the latest of more than 50 municipalities and regions across the world that have banned or restricted advertising for high-emissions products in public spaces.1
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