Boycott ExxonMobil.London On July 11, the Stop Esso Campaign The Stop Esso campaign is a campaign by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and People and Planet aimed at boycotting the oil company Esso, known as ExxonMobil in the U.S., because they believe it is doing damage to the environment. unveiled a billboard of George W. Bush getting "tanked on Esso," outside the local headquarters of ExxonMobil (which markets its British products under the name Esso). The billboard was part of an international day of action against ExxonMobil. Protesters object to the company's efforts to squash squash: see gourd; pumpkin. squash Any of various fruits of the genus Cucurbita in the gourd family, widely cultivated as vegetables and for livestock feed. The principal species are C. maxima and certain varieties of C. pepo. the Kyoto Climate Change Treaty, its alleged human rights abuses in the Third World, and its support for George W. Bush. Protests against the company took place in fifteen other countries and in twenty-seven U.S. states A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and . The Stop Esso Campaign is calling for a boycott boycott, concerted economic or social ostracism of an individual, group, or nation to express disapproval or coerce change. The practice was named (1880) after Capt. of the company. For more information, go to www.stopesso.com. |
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