Warning: Lee Raymond

He's on the run - armed and dangerous

Greenpeace today issued a Wanted poster for the renowned global warming outlaw Lee Raymond. Hundreds of the pictures have been posted all over London, where he is thought to be in hiding.

The global boss of Esso, who is wanted by responsible authorities for blocking efforts to halt climate change, is on the run from the world's biggest environmental movement. He was last spotted leaving 10 Downing Street on Tuesday, but has subsequently disappeared, refusing to answer questions on his part in an audacious plot to bake the planet. It is thought he is still in the UK.

Armed with an absurd belief that global warming is not caused by burning oil, coal or gas, Raymond is believed by the scientific community to be dangerous.

He often rides out with his partner George W Bush. Together the two of them are known to be responsible for a number of hold ups, most notably the United States ditching of the Kyoto protocol.

Greenpeace want to question Raymond on his part in the Bush administration's attempts to destroy the protocol - but so far no-one from Esso has been willing to debate the issue in public.

Rob Gueterbock of Greenpeace said today: "This man is a danger to everybody on the planet. Anyone who spots him should challenge his views immediately."

If you've seen this man contact Greenpeace on 0870 010 9510. The reward.... A cooler planet.

Greenpeace is part of the StopEsso campaign, which is calling for a boycott of Esso until the company stops sabotaging international action to tackle global warming.

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Greenpeace press office on 020 7865 8255

Notes:
This morning Greenpeace Executive Director Stephen Tindale faxed Lee Raymond at Esso, challenging him to a public debate before he leaves the country. For a copy of the Raymond Rap Sheet, visit www.stopesso.com.

Meeting Lee Raymond: Downing Street

Greenpeace calls for UK Government to take a position on Esso boycott

Greenpeace can reveal that Tony Blair had a secret meeting today with the head of the company that effectively blocked the Kyoto agreement in America. Lee Raymond, who met the Prime Minister at Downing Street, is the CEO of Exxon-Mobil - known as Esso in the UK. He has done more than anyone else to rubbish efforts to halt climate change.

A consumer boycott of Esso is currently hitting the company in the UK. Greenpeace today calls on Tony Blair to support the Esso boycott if Lee Raymond has told him he won't back down on Kyoto.

The company has close links to the Bush Adminstration and took adverts out in the USA calling on the new administration to rethink its support for the Kyoto climate convention. A few weeks later Bush announced that the US was leaving Kyoto. Esso has repeatedly questioned the science of climate change and despite record breaking profits of $17 billion last year it refuses to invest any money in renewable energy.

Downing Street said: "It was a courtesy call as he was passing through and Exxon is one of the biggest investors in the UK. Kyoto was raised during the meeting, on which the government's position is well known."

Commenting on the visit, Matthew Spencer, Head of Climate Campaign at Greenpeace, said: "Blair has to come clean on what was agreed today - too much is at stake. Lee Raymond is the Darth Vader of global warming. He has used his company's billions to systematically undermine action on climate change. His company has used dirty tricks to undermine the position that the UK Government has done so much to champion internationally through the Kyoto agreement.

"It's not enough for Blair to agree to disagree with this man - if he can't persuade Esso to change its ways he should back the StopEsso boycott and make sure Government vehicles are not buying Esso Petrol."

The StopEsso campaign, set up by Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the student network People & Planet was launched after Bush's withdrawal from Kyoto in Spring 2001. The campaign recently organised the largest ever environmental protest, with 3000 people picketing Esso petrol stations around the UK on 1st December.

Further information
Contact: Greenpeace press office on 0207 865 8255