Greenpeace 'floods Stade De France with oil' in protest at Rugby World Cup 'sportswashing'

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Greenpeace

Campaign targets TotalEnergies sponsorship of Rugby World Cup with call to kick fossil fuel advertising out of major sporting events

Greenpeace has today launched a new campaign that aims to highlight French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies' sponsorship of this year's Rugby World Cup, warning that global sporting events are tarnishing...

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