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Article: Hitting a Handy Villain.(Exxon Mobil, George W. Bush attacked for stance on global warming)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Newsweek International
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- May 28, 2001
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The campaign had all the essential ingredients of a high-visibility environmental crusade: a fashionable cause, an accessible villain and Bianca Jagger. Earlier this month, outside an Esso filling station in London, Jagger helped to launch a "Stop Esso" campaign. She urged consumers to shun Esso's products until its Texas-based parent company, Exxon Mobil, changes its position on global warming. "This is a way to tell Esso that it's not all right for them to be claiming that there is no connection between CO2 emissions and climate change," Jagger said as she unveiled a billboard proclaiming boycott esso.
Global warming is Exxon's fault? The Stop Esso campaign, a ...