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Chairman and CEO: Lee R. Raymond
Postal address: 25 East John W Carpenter Freeway Irving TX75062-2298 USA
Phone number: not known
Fax number: not known
Website: www.exxonmobil.com/corporate/
Email address: postmaster@exxon.com

Activities: Exploration and production of oil and gas to the manufacturing and marketing of fuels, lubes and chemicals.

Bush donor: ExxonMobil is one of the sponsors of Bush. From 2000 till now, ExxonMobil have given US$2,800,000 to the Republican Party.

Supporting brutal / repressive regimes:
Involved in oil production in Malaysia, Chile, Indonesia, Colombia, and elsewhere.

Damaging the environment:

In March 1989 the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground and broke open, releasing 11 million gallons of crude oil into the Prince William Sound, Alaska. The US National Transportation Safety Board, investigating the causes of the spill, partly blamed the "higher-ups" at the Exxon Shipping Company for poor management. It also criticised the Alaska pipeline consortium, of which Exxon is a partner, for it's 'massive failure' in response to the spill, which greatly contributed to its severity.

In 2001, the President of the United States Council for International Business(USCIB), from which ExxonMobil is a member, did write a letter to President Bush in which he asked US Government for the withdrawal of Kyoto.

Five reasons not to by ExxonMobil oil:

1. Esso/ExxonMobil tries to convince the public that global warming isn't happening even though Esso/ExxonMobil is one of its main causes. It spends millions of dollars on misleading propaganda every year.

2. Esso/ExxonMobil has played a leading role in sabotaging international attempts to stop global warming. It would rather sell more petrol than protect future generations.

3. Esso/ExxonMobil doesn't believe renewable energy has a future. "With no readily available economic alternatives on the horizon, fossil fuels will continue to supply most of the world's energy needs for the foreseeable future." --Lee Raymond, ExxonMobil CEO, 1997

4. Esso/ExxonMobil is the biggest oil company in the world - its profits totalled more than US$12 billion in 2000. If anyone can afford to help stop global warming it's Esso/ExxonMobil.

5. Esso/ExxonMobil was one of the main financial contributors to George Bush's election campaign. As soon as George Bush became president, he announced that the US would pull out of international agreements to stop global warming - exactly the position that Esso/ExxonMobil was promoting.

Source: www.stopesso.org/background?text_id=whyesso

ExxonMobil and the pro-war lobby groups:

ExxonMobil has a record of funding right-wing industry front groups who lobby on their behalf to 'protect US business' and keep the US addicted to oil. It is no coincidence that many of these groups have an analysis of foreign policy that leads them to lobby for an attack on Iraq.

The American Enterprise Institute - a 'think tank' to whom ExxonMobil donated $230,000 in 2001.

Another pro-war front group funded by ExxonMobil is the Heritage Foundation, who received $65,000 from ExxonMobil in 2001.

The Centre for Strategic and International Studies received $135,000 in ExxonMobil funding in 2001.

In 2001 ExxonMobil also gave $20,000 to the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy.

Source: www.stopesso.com/pdf/tigerinthetanks.pdf

More information:
Stop Esso: a Greenpeace campaign

Last update: 29th October 2004

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