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Global Group of 600 Protestors Shut Down Every ExxonMobil Gas Station in Luxembourg
Action is part of international campaign against ExxonMobil over its sabotage of international efforts to
stop global warming
25 October 2002
From Greenpeace: LUXEMBOURG - More than 600 activists from around the
world are shutting down oil company ExxonMobil in the
European country of Luxembourg today, in a Greenpeace
protest against ExxonMobil’s sabotage of international efforts to
protect the climate. Seven Americans are involved in the
protests. Activists from 31 countries are present at every one of
ExxonMobil’s 28 gas stations in Luxembourg - including the
biggest ExxonMobil station in the world on the
Luxembourg/German border. Protestors, some dressed in tiger
suits and George Bush masks, are blocking vehicle access to
gas pumps, locking on to equipment and handing out
information to motorists. At each station, banners reading “Esso
(ExxonMobil) No 1 climate criminal” have been hung.
The Luxembourg protest is taking place as 178 countries meet
in India for the next round of talks on the Kyoto Protocol the
only international agreement on protecting the climate. The U.S.
is responsible for 25 percent of global warming pollution but,
thanks to ExxonMobil and President Bush, will not be
participating in the Kyoto talks.
“For the past decade ExxonMobil has been responsible for the
blatant and sustained manipulation of U.S. and international
policy in its crusade to de-rail international efforts to address
global warming,” said Gary Cook, Greenpeace Climate
Campaigner in the U.S. “If we are going to have any hope of
saving the climate, we must stop ExxonMobil.”
ExxonMobil has done more than any other company to
sabotage international global warming agreements. It has
funded lobbying and PR campaigns to deceive the public and
policy makers. It has refused to any mandatory cuts in global
warming pollution.
“The Bush White House’s devotion to the ExxonMobil line on
global warming is sparking a huge backlash in Europe and
elsewhere” said Cook.
Luxembourg is the fuel pump of Europe because of its cheap
gas. Drivers travel long distances to buy gas there. Participants
in the protest have come from: Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Herzgovina, Ireland, Israel, Italy , Japan, Kenya, Lebanon,
Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Portugal, Russia,
Slovakia Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,The Netherlands, the
United Kingdom, the USA, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.
MEDIA CONTACTS to arrange interviews and access photos.
Gary Cook 202-2972370 (cell)
Louise Fraser +61 409 993 568 or +352 021 467626 (English
language)
VIDEO contact Pete Wilkinson on +31 6 5350 4721
PHOTOS John Novis on +31 6 538 19121
For information online go to www.stopesso.org or
www.greenpeace.org.
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