Today is the Day - Exxpose Exxon

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This is such an outrage - that Exxon has gotten away with not paying their damages - by tying things up in court. For the anniversary of the Valdez Oil Spill consider emailing/calling/letting Exxon know why you boycott them... (there is a form to send on the Exxpose Exxon site - I couldn't find an email address to use on the Exxon site).

Friday March 24th Marks 17th Anniversary of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Four days after the world’s largest and most infamous spill, Exxon assured the people in Alaska that "we do business straight." 17 years later, ExxonMobil is still shirking payment of the damages it owes to spill victims. Join us in commemorating the anniversary of this environmental disaster by calling on ExxonMobil to pay the $4.5 billion it owes to Alaskans.

http://www.exxposeexxon.com/


Call ExxonMobil - Tell Them to Pay the Money they Owe to Alaskan Oil Spill Victims!

Dial 1-972-444-1000
Stand in Solidarity with the Victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil Spill.


Adopt a Gas Station!

"Adopt" a local ExxonMobil gas station by printing out a letter to the station manager and paying him or her a visit. Explain why you've signed on to the Exxpose Exxon campaign and ask him or her to send a letter to CEO Rex Tillerson. Be sure to make it clear that your beef is with ExxonMobil not with the local station.

Speed Past Exxon and Mobil gas stations!

This one is simple -- don't buy the company's gas or products.

Don't buy ExxonMobil stock!

Choose a more environmentally-conscious company to invest in. If you already have stock in the company, use your shares to change the company's environmental policies. Shareholder activism can be a very powerful tool for corporate change - click here to learn more about it and find out how you can make use of it.

Don't work for ExxonMobil!

Find a more environmentally conscious employer. If you already work there, call on the company to protect workers and the environment.

Write a Letter to the Editor of your local paper

The Letter to the Editor (LTE) page is often the most widely-read section of any newspaper and is a great way to raise awareness among your neighbors, local businesses, and your elected officials.

http://www.exxposeexxon.com/action/

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Also today - Democracy Now! has a segment on how Exxon got Greenpeace audited. Mostly for harassment purposes.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/24/150203

Exxon funds the disinformation campaign about Global Warming. " Greenpeace has labeled ExxonMobil the "No. 1 Climate Criminal" over its environmental practices."

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1. The Sierra Club Chronicles features an episode on this...

http://sierraclub.org/tv

NGU.

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2. More on the Greenpeace/Exxon thing...

"The Wall Street Journal revealed this week a little-known watchdog group was responsible for getting the IRS to audit the environmental organization Greenpeace. Two years ago, Public Interest Watch challenged Greenpeace's tax-exempt status and accused the group of money laundering and other crimes. According to the Journal, tax records show more than 95 percent of the funding of Public Interest Watch was provided by the oil giant ExxonMobil.

On its website, Public Interest Watch says it was founded "in response to the growing misuse of charitable funds by nonprofit organizations and the lack of effort by government agencies to deal with the problem." The group describes its mission as: "Keeping an Eye on the Self-Appointed Guardians of the Public Interest."

Greenpeace, meanwhile, has been one of ExxonMobil's fiercest critics. The group has protested ExxonMobil's meetings and company gatherings as well as its oil tankers and filling stations."

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/24/150203

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3. "Despite profits, oil giant holds billions awarded to victims"

Exxon still owes for Valdez spill
Despite profits, oil giant holds billions awarded to victims

By MIKE LEWIS
P-I REPORTER


... 17 years. Long enough for children to have been born, grown and graduate from high school, for boats to have been scrapped or replaced, for marriages, divorces and career changes, and for a fair number of fishermen to die in one of the many ways life and their chosen occupation offer.

The odd thing is that the day itself -- March 24, 1989 -- has become less momentous to many fishermen than the slow grind of the years that followed.

On that date, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound and dumped 11 million gallons of crude oil. Five years later, an Anchorage jury awarded the fishermen and affected communities $5 billion in punitive damages.

Calculated on one year of the oil giant's profits, the class-action award has yet to be paid as ExxonMobil fights it in federal court.

Now, with Exxon reaping even more -- $36 billion last year, a world record for a single company -- and another spill anniversary looming without a payment, the 32,000 fishermen, food processors and Alaska natives who remain plaintiffs in the case are seething.

You really try to forget about it most of the time," said Stewart Deal, 52, a Seattle salmon fisherman. "I've learned to put it out of my mind. But when we saw it (reports of Exxon profits), it makes you angry." <more>

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/262707_exxonsettle13.html

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4. Buy gas at Citgo *only*!

Citgo is a subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company. You can keep your gas dollars out of the Middle East and support programs for helping the poor by buying from Citgo. Find the nearest station here: http://www.truemajorityaction.org/find_station.php

edit: typo

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5. That's what I do!

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6. WTG, bloom!

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8. "How ExxonMobil Funds the Climate Change Skeptics"

http://www.exxonsecrets.org/

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