BBC News | BUSINESS | Consumer boycott to 'stop Esso' (#)

  „Roger Higman, Friends of the Earth"There are no plans to put picket lines on Esso stations at the moment"  real 28kGordon Sawyer, Esso spokesman in Britain"We would welcome a much more open debate on the whole subject"  real 28k Tuesday, 8 May, 2001, 04:07 GMT 05:07 UK Consumer boycott to 'stop Esso' Consumers are being asked to boycott Esso garages By the BBC's business reporter Mark Gregory Environmental pressure groups are launching an international campaign against the world's largest oil corporation, which they say has opposed moves to combat global warming. Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are asking consumers to stop buying petrol and other products from Exxon Mobil, which in Britain trades under the name Esso, until the company changes its stance on climate change. The boycott is backed by controversial artist Damien Hurst, comic Rory Bremner, singer Annie Lennox, actress Bianca Jagger the former wife of Rolling Stones singer Mick, and Anita Roddick founder of the Body Shop, which plans to publicise the campaign in its UK stores. Exxon Mobil confirmed its bogeyman status among environmental campaigners by taking out a series of full-page advertisements in American newspapers, opposing US participation in the Kyoto protocol on climate change.“

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