Community Groups Ask OPB to Drop Controversial NW Natural Sponsorship, Request Meeting with Network
Community Groups Ask OPB to Drop Controversial NW Natural Sponsorship, Request Meeting with Network
On April 5, 15 community organizations and companies from Oregon and SW Washington sent a letter to Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) to express concern about OPB’s airing of advertisements from the NW Natural Appliance Center, and to request an end to these misleading advertisements. The group formally asked OPB to:
– “Stop airing advertisements from the NW Natural Appliance Center;
– reconsider your advertisement policy to include fossil fuel companies on the list of banned industries, along with tobacco and firearms;
– meet with representatives from our organizations to discuss this issue in greater detail.”
They state: “We are thankful for OPB’s consistent reporting on the causes and impacts of the climate crisis. NW Natural – with its misleading advertising, expansion of dangerous fossil fuels, and increasing rates on already struggling consumers – does not deserve to tarnish OPB’s reputation in our community as a trusted news source. Listeners need to know the whole story, and they need to be able to know their local news source isn’t using its reputable and trustworthy platform to support fossil fuel companies. We believe OPB can do better, and wish to work alongside you in changing your sponsorship policy to better reflect the values of your listeners in Oregon and Southwest Washington. We would be grateful for the opportunity to meet with you to discuss this further.”
You can join these groups in demanding an end to fossil fuels ads on our public radio by sending a message to OPB and tweeting about this on social media.
Read their letter here: (If you don’t see it at first, refresh)
