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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

South Australian bus ads misled public by claiming gas is ‘clean and green’, regulator finds

An Adelaide Metro bus with signage saying 'Natural gas – clean and green’
The advertising complaints body found South Australia’s transport department misled the public by running ads on Adelaide Metro buses claiming natural gas is ‘clean and green’. Photograph: Comms Declare

South Australia’s transport department misled the public by running ads on buses claiming “natural gas” was “clean and green”, the advertising regulator has found.

The SA Department for Transport and Infrastructure has agreed to remove the advertising that has been on some Adelaide Metro buses since the early 2000s after Ad Standards upheld a complaint from the not-for-profit organisation Comms Declare.

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