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Greenpeace, together with Friends of the Earth, U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) and other grassroots groups, are launching a campaign to stop ExxonMobil from obstructing progress on fighting global warming. ExxonMobil, America's largest petroleum company, is one of the largest obstructionists to solve global warming by denying that global warming is a even problem and that the burning of fossil fuels is the major cause. ExxonMobil has long had a reputation as a major corporate polluter, infamous for the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in 1989, where 10.8 million gallons of oil were spilled. The Campaign to Stop ExxonMobil will expose ExxonMobil for its obstructionist positions and for its role in preventing real action by the Bush Administration to stop global warming. The public campaign will build pressure on the company to support international and national action to solve global warming.

Here are some of the facts about ExxonMobil

• ExxonMobil aims to convince the public that working to stop global warming and the international climate treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, is a bad idea. ExxonMobil has invested millions to convince the public that the Kyoto Protocol is "unrealistic and economically damaging." ExxonMobil hopes to convince the public that conservation is un-American. Through its extreme propaganda efforts and their political lobbying, ExxonMobil has successfully stopped the U.S. government from making progress on climate change issues.
• ExxonMobil denies that there is a clear link between their business and global warming. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of over 2,000 of the world's most prominent scientists, has consistently confirmed that fossil fuels such as oil are the major cause of global warming. This panel predicts the current impacts of global warming, such as drought, extreme weather and rising sea level, will increasingly put the lives of millions of people at risk. More than 160 governments agree with the findings of this panel. Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil, has stated that "we do not now have sufficient scientific understanding of climate change to make reasonable predictions and/or justify drastic measures… Some reports in the media link climate change to extreme weather and harm to human health. Yet experts see no such pattern." Lee Raymond's opinion has influenced the Bush Administration failure to tackle global warming as a real problem.
• ExxonMobil has no desire to explore renewable energy as a viable source of power. CEO Lee Raymond has said, "with no readily available economic alternatives on the horizon, fossil fuels will continue to supply most of the world's energy needs for the foreseeable future." In 2000 alone, ExxonMobil made $17.7 billion in profit worldwide- the largest profit for any company in the world. This year, ExxonMobil is set to spend more than $7 billion on oil and gas exploration, and not one cent on renewable energy or green fuels.

The Stop ExxonMobil Campaign seeks public endorsements. To endorse this campaign, please sign this endorsement form and return to:

Andrea Durbin, Greenpeace USA
Telephone 202-462-1177, Fax 202-462-4507, Email: andrea.durbin@wdc.greenpeace.org

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