Blogposts tagged 'Esso'

Shell less than transparent about worst UK oil spill in a decade

Posted by bex - 15 August 2011 at 12:52pm - 15 Comments
Shell/Esso's Kittiwake platform, North Sea
All rights reserved. Credit: Fred Dott / Greenpeace
Shell/Esso's Kittiwake platform, North Sea (1996)

As I write, Shell is working to contain an oil spill off the Aberdeenshire coast that is already, reportedly, the worst spill in UK waters for over a decade. 

Climate Crime File - Esso

Publication date:  21 March, 2004

The World's No. 1 Climate Criminal

Summary

Esso is the world's no. 1 climate criminal and has done more than any other company to stop the world from tackling climate change.

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Activists disrupt oil industry annual jamboree

Posted by bex - 16 February 2005 at 8:00am - 0 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.

Esso tells staff to vote for oil - vote for Bush

Posted by bex - 11 October 2004 at 7:00am - 0 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 7:00am - 0 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 8:00am - 0 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 8:00am - 0 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

World Climate Change Conference 2003

Posted by bex - 4 October 2003 at 7:00am - 0 Comments
Greenpeace activists launch a banner at the World Climate Change Conference in Moscow

Greenpeace activists launch a banner at the World Climate Change Conference in Moscow

The case against Esso

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

Publication date: April 2002

Summary
Our weather is careering out of control. Global warming will bring more floods and chaos to Britain and increasingly extreme storms, drought and disease worldwide. The culprit is pollution from fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. It is time to break our dependency on oil - if we don't we will wreck the planet for ourselves and future generations.

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