On Thursday, March 27, at 2:00 p.m., environmentalists and other Dodgers fans will gather for a press conference and rally to step up their demand that team owners cut ties to Big Oil and drop their Phillips 66 sponsorship. T-shirts will be given out and there will be signs in English, Spanish and Japanese, so it will be a Tri-lingual protest!
A federal grand jury has indicted Phillips 66, owner of the 76 gas-station brand whose logo is displayed across Dodger Stadium, for allegedly sending thousands of gallons of water contaminated with oil and grease into LA County's sewer system. The company is accused of knowingly and negligently violating the Clean Water Act.
In what is believed to be the first protest of a U.S. sports team over a fossil fuel sponsor, fans and activists delivered a petition, now totaling roughly 23,000 signatures, urging Dodgers owner Mark Walter to drop the greenwashing sponsorship. Associating Big Oil with America's beloved pastime makes fossil fuels seem wholesome and trivializes the deadly pollution and climate change they cause.
In addition to showing up for this protest, the public is asked to sign the petition at: https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/tell-the-dodgers-to-stop-greenwashing
