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Article: Exxon Mobil Again Targeted by Protesters
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- July 12, 2005
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DAVID KOENIG, AP Business Writer
AP Online
07-12-2005
Dateline: DALLAS
A dozen environmental and liberal-advocacy groups organized protests against Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday to object to the oil giant's effort to expand oil drilling in Alaska and to cast doubt on the science of global warming.
The groups held a series of news conferences and launched a Web site to ask consumers and investors to boycott Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company.
The groups, which include the Sierra Club, Greenpeace and MoveOn.org, said Exxon put profits ahead of a clean environment.
They said Exxon contributed more than $15 million over six years to groups that challenge widespread beliefs ...