A coalition of liberal and environmental organizations has organized a campaign focusing on Exxon’s dismal record on global warming.
IHT Among the groups involved in the campaign against Exxon Mobil, which was scheduled to start on Tuesday with news conferences across the United States and a new Web site, www.exxposeexxon.com, are the U.S. Public Interest Group, Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Union of Concerned Scientists and MoveOn.org Political Action.
Carl Pope, the Sierra Club’s executive director, said the campaign aimed either to get Exxon Mobil to change or “to encourage other oil companies” to improve their environmental stewardship. “The other oil companies have aspirations” for environmental performance, he said.
Exxon has poured millions of dollars into groups that claim global warming is not a real issue and does not warrant action. They have even gone as far as supporting K-12 teaching curriculums that dispute the science behind global warming.
Source Oil multinationals look to influence our youngest future voters by having a direct pipeline into classrooms around our country. Their goal is transparent: provide a torrent of anti-global warming propaganda. And in their eyes, being partners with the National Science Teachers Association gives them ultimate educational legitimacy.
This is a great opportunity to send a message to Exxon/Mobil.