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Global oil trading stopped

Posted by bex — 16 February 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

A policeman and a Greenpeace volunteer

Today is a day for action. After a long and arduous process the Kyoto Protocol comes into force and business as usual is not an option.

Thirty-five Greenpeace volunteers halted trading on the global oil market by occupying the International Petroleum Exchange in London. They entered the high security building near Tower Bridge shortly before 2pm, just as the world market in Brent crude was about to switch to London.

Activists disrupt oil industry annual jamboree

Posted by bex — 16 February 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

Volunteers hold "climate crime scene" tape

On the day the world finally enacted Kyoto, the oil industry tried to hold a huge party to say, 'we don't care, it's business as usual'. We hope for at least one evening they've been forced to face the reality of what they're doing.

Oil spill devastates Alaska... again

Last edited 15 December 2004 at 9:00am
Makushan Bay oil spill

Makushan Bay oil spill

Esso tells staff to vote for oil - vote for Bush

Posted by bex — 11 October 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
The President of the Unites States: Esso

The President of the Unites States: Esso

There's nothing nastier than a wounded tiger. Esso is licking its wounds as Russia moves closer to ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. But the world's number one environmental criminal is still fighting tooth and nail to deny the truth about climate change. The US government is increasingly isolated and Esso is out to ensure its workers keep it that way by voting for US politicians who oppose action against global warming.

When tigers attack...

Posted by bex — 28 September 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
The Esso conference is besieged by climate change protesters

The Esso conference is besieged by climate change protesters

The Sound and our fury

Posted by bex — 17 March 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
An otter affected by the Exxon Valdex oil spill

An otter affected by the Exxon Valdex oil spill

Esso, we've got you surrounded

Posted by bex — 5 November 2003 at 9:00am - Comments

An activist chained to a truck outside the Oil and Money conference

An activist chained to a truck outside the Oil and Money conference

Turning up the heat on Esso

Posted by bex — 30 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace tigers at Esso HQ in Texas, USA

Greenpeace tigers at Esso HQ in Texas, USA

Greenpeace turned up the heat this week as the biggest oil company in the world prepared for its annual general meeting in Texas.

As a result, more shareholders supported a resolution calling for Esso (ExxonMobil in the US) to act on two hot issues: global warming and renewable energy.

Stop Esso campaign history

Posted by bex — 3 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments
Stop Esso campaign logo

Stop Esso campaign logo

The UK Stop Esso campaign was launched in May 2001 by coalition members Greenpeace, People and Planet and Friends of the Earth.

Bianca Jagger unveiled a "Boycott Esso" mobile billboard at the campaign launch. The Body Shop, Annie Lennox, Ralph Fiennes, Jerome Flynn, Damien Hirst, Keith Allen and several politicians signed up to the boycott.

On the first Stop Esso Day, in villages, towns and cities across the UK and Ireland, over 3000 people peacefully and legally campaigned at Esso petrol stations.

Stop Esso Day II saw Julia Sawalha and Alan Davies join the protests at Esso petrol stations.

These were the largest non-violent direct actions against global warming ever seen in the UK.

May 2002 also marked the launch of Stop ExxonMobil, a US campaign aimed at Esso's parent company. Over the following months, Stop Esso spread around the globe.

Esso and global warming

Posted by bex — 4 April 2003 at 9:00am - Comments
Global warming is caused by burning fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas). It is the biggest environmental problem we face today, and the effects - extreme weather, drought and disease - are already being felt.


To counter the effects of global warming, the burning of fossil fuels must be reduced and phased out over the next 30-40 years.