{"id":409707,"date":"2026-01-13T07:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409707\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:22:08","slug":"corporation-that-helped-cause-extreme-heat-conditions-urges-cyclists-to-take-care-in-extreme-heat-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409707\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporation That Helped Cause Extreme Heat Conditions Urges Cyclists To Take Care In Extreme Heat Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WENDELL HUSSEY\u00a0|\u00a0Cadet\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betootaadvocate.com\/corporation-that-helped-cause-extreme-heat-conditions-urges-cyclists-to-take-care-in-extreme-heat-conditions\/mailto:wendell@betootaadvocate.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CONTACT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the best cyclists on the planet descend upon our great southern state, some<br \/>lovely words of wisdom and care have been offered up by one of the nation\u2019s<br \/>most beloved giant corporations.<\/p>\n<p>Santos, the headline sponsor of the Tour Down Under, have this week kindly<br \/>urged those partaking in Australia\u2019s premiere cycling event to look after them-<br \/>selves.<\/p>\n<p>After decades of helping to create the extreme heat conditions that have been<br \/>battering the country, Santos has thoughtfully implored the athletes, teams, volunteers and fans to all take care in extreme heat conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The comments come as the latest example of Santos widespread sportswashing,<br \/>with one of the nation\u2019s biggest polluters popping up at major sporting events all<br \/>around the country.<\/p>\n<p>The headline sponsorship of the Tour Down Under comes at a particularly ironic<br \/>time, with South Australia having been belted by a recent heatwave and a long<br \/>running and devastating algal bloom on the coast.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the giant polluter said they just wanted to do their bit for sport<br \/>and community, by getting behind sporting events that are increasingly at risk of<br \/>extreme weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, don\u2019t say we don\u2019t do our bit,\u201d laughed the spokesperson for the tax-dodg-<br \/>ing giant polluter that relentlessly tries to improve its social licence through the<br \/>work of athletes and sporting events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want this incredible endurance event to achieve is potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd part of that is leveling up the temperature and difficulty level to separate the<br \/>wheat from the chaff if you know what I mean,\u201d they laughed before ending the<br \/>conversation.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WENDELL HUSSEY\u00a0|\u00a0Cadet\u00a0|\u00a0CONTACT As the best cyclists on the planet descend upon our great southern state, somelovely words of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-409707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}