The ACT is the first jurisdiction in the country to ban the fossil fuel industry’s involvement in its schools.
The fossil fuel industry is now included in the territory’s prohibited sponsors list, among other pillars of the community, like gambling and tobacco.
This means that these industries are no longer allowed to provide goods or services to schools in exchange for the ability to access or market to students.
According to ACT Greens Deputy Leader Jo Clay, this will remove the industry’s influence from the classroom, including the science education materials created by fossil fuel giants that downplay their effects on the warming planet.
The National Account’s Archie Milligan has the rundown: