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The StopEsso campaign said on Thursday that more than 300 UK Esso filling stations will be targeted by thousands of protesters this weekend in a bid to urge motorists to boycott the oil giant because of its stance on global warming. Stefano Ambrogi - Reuters Full article Greens to protest at 300 Exxon UK filling stationsBy Stefano Ambrogi LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) The StopEsso campaign said on Thursday that more than 300 UK Esso filling stations will be targeted by thousands of protesters this weekend in a bid to urge motorists to boycott the oil giant because of its stance on global warming. "We think the demonstrations across Britain on Saturday (December 1) will mark the single biggest protest against climate change the UK has ever seen. We've got around 3000 people attending," said Lorne Stockman, StopEsso coordinator. "It will be a very fluffy, peaceful, family-oriented demonstration -- no one will be trespassing on the forecourt," he added. The Stop Esso Day will involve leading environmental groups like Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, political parties such as the Green party and Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru and Transport 2000. This is the latest action in a co-ordinated campaign in the UK that has involved high profile celebrities like Bianca Jagger and pop star Annnie Lennox. Esso's parent company U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) has come under fire from environmental groups and politicians across the world for opposing the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change. They allege that intense lobbying by powerful firms like Exxon contributed to the United States pulling out of the deal last year. Exxon denies it is unconcerned by gobal warming and says that it is tackling the issue on a number of other fronts. It says that it is working with the car industry to improve fuel efficiency in engines; is researching ways to lower costs and emissions across all its operations, and investing in producing cleaner fuels. Between 1973 and 1998 the company said it has reduced energy use at its refineries and chemical plants by 37 percent, saving more than the UK's entire CO2 emisssions in 1998. Earlier this month world environment and energy ministers struck a last-minute deal on the details of the Kyoto Protocol, paving its way for its implementation next year. Russia and Japan were persuaded to work towards ratification of the treaty despite the United States'
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Latest Campaign News KYOTO MARCH - Saturday 12 February 2005 In February the Kyoto Protocol finally comes into force. Join the Campaign Against Climate Change on a march in central London to mark the occassion by protesting the US' refusal to join the Protocol. Assemble at Lincoln's Inn Fields at 11.30. For more information go to www.campaign againstclimatechange.net Esso up to old tricks on Kyoto Governments from around the world met in Buenos Aires to discuss protecting the climate under the Kyoto Protocol. Greenpeace sent a delegation to the conference to keep an eye on the activities of Esso and other fossil fuel lobbies.more "Global warming is a conspiracy against America" As a taste of what is to come during a second Bush term Myron Ebell, an advisor to President Bush on climate issues, recently argued that global warming is a myth cooked up by the EU to 'hamper American competitiveness'... more Russia Ratifies The Russian parliament have voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which brings the treaty into force... more Chief Scientist: we need immediate action on climate change "Action is affordable, inaction is certainly not," says Sir David King, the UK governments chief scientist...more |
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