Time to Clean Up Their Act

Do you remember the Exxon Valdez tragedy?

Exxon's tanker killed hundreds of thousands of seals, otters, birds, fish and whales when it spilled 11 million gallons of thick, deadly crude oil into the waters of Alaska's pristine Prince William Sound in 1989.

Amazingly, despite making a record profit of $25 billion last year, ExxonMobil is still shirking payment of the full amount it owes fishermen and natives hurt by the spill 16 years ago!

Worse still, ExxonMobil's dirty deeds go way beyond the ugly legacy of the deadly oil spill.

·ExxonMobil is the only oil company that's part of Arctic Power, the group lobbying Congress to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

·ExxonMobil has spent over $15 million since 1998 to deny the existence of global warming by funding junk science groups to cloud the debate.

·ExxonMobil is making record profits but still won't invest significant amounts in cleaner, healthier energy or support greater fuel economy. (The company's pledge to research advanced energy technology is the equivalent of just TWO days' worth of its 2004 profits!)

This morning twelve of the nation’s biggest environmental groups launched Exxpose Exxon, a major campaign to mobilize thousands of Americans to urge ExxonMobil to clean up its act!

Thanks to our country’s over-dependence on oil, gas prices are reaching record highs, global temperatures are climbing, the polar ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising, and the U.S. is forced to import millions of barrels of foreign oil every day. Yet ExxonMobil is doing almost nothing to reduce our oil dependence while spending millions to block environmental protections and sabotage efforts to slow global warming.

Please join the Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, U.S. PIRG, Union of Concerned Scientists, Greenpeace, Alaska Coalition, Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Environmental Trust, Alaska Oceans Program, MoveOn.org Political Action, and the Alaska Wilderness League in contacting ExxonMobil today.

Just click on the magic word to sign the petition: EXXON

Source: SaveOurEnvironment.org, 07/12/05

Ok, folks. Now it´s time to put your money where your mouth is. If you´ve decided you think what Exxon is doing is wrong and you´ve gone ahead and signed the petition boycotting ExxonMobil´s products, you should REALLY boycott ExxonMobils products. To help make this boycott easier on you, I am listing all of ExxonMobil´s consumer products that I could find. This is what you shouldn´t be buying:

General Aviation Lubricants (for those of you rich enough to own a private jet)
Aviation Oil Elite 20W-50
Aviation Oil EE
Aviation Oil

Mobil 1 Lubricant

Don´t shop at On the Run Convenience Stores (chain owned by ExxonMobil) or Tiger Mart

Don´t use Speedpass or sign up for any ExxonMobil or Esso Credit Cards

DON´T DON´T DON´T buy gas from any Exxon, Mobil or Esso gas station or fix your car at any of their repair shops

Don´t buy any of their travel guides or atlases

Don´t buy ExxonMobil stock

Don´t work for ExxonMobil

And for those of you who want to be really gung-ho, don´t watch or attend any Nascar or Formula 1 events, ExxonMobil is a huge sponsor

Exxon produces many more products that are not geared to the consumer, they´re generally fuels, lubricants and chemicals manufactured for industrial use. That´s the bulk of their product, but maybe, just maybe, a few companies will join the boycott and leave Exxon´s products off of their shopping list.

If you´d like to learn a little more about ExxonMobil´s dirty practices, check out Bless Us Kyoto for We Have Sinned and keep reading La Justa Pulp for updates.