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.

Stop Esso Days held so far

• 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

External link

• International Stop Esso Site (http://www.stopesso.org)