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Stop Esso campaign
The Stop Esso campaign is a campaign by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and People and Planet[?] aimed at boycotting the oil company Esso because they believe it's doing a lot of damage to the environment.
The campaign states that Esso is:
- not investing in renewable energy sources
- denying the existence of global warming
- undermining the Kyoto Protocol.
Stop Esso France was sued by Esso, who alleged falling profits because the campaign used a parody Esso logo featuring dollar signs in place of the letters "ss".
Esso said that the $$ looked like Nazi symbols. A French court came down on the side of Esso, so the campaign had to move their French Web site to the USA. A French judge has overturned the previous ruling, however, so the site has moved back to France.
- UK
- December 1, 2001 - about 306 Esso stations boycotted
- May 18, 2002 - about 400 Esso stations boycotted
- Luxembourg
- October 25, 2002 - all 28 Esso stations boycotted
- International Stop Esso Site (http://www.stopesso.org)
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