---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:24:29 +0000 From: Nick Rau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CLIMATE-ONLINE: climate online - URGENT ACTION: Email Exxon today! Dear Climate Online Campaigner **Urgent Action**Urgent Action**Urgent Action**Urgent Action** Thanks for your all your support for our campaign so far. Last week Senator Lott, leader of the Republicans in the Senate and key opponent to action on climate change, received over 1,000 messages from climate online campaigners like yourself complaining about his party's obstructive stance at the climate talks in Buenos Aires. Now we need your help again to send a powerful message of protest to the oil company that was instrumental in blocking real progress at the talks - Exxon. In the early hours of Saturday morning, the climate talks in Buenos Aires came to a disappointing conclusion. The deal struck by governments was branded a �plan of inaction' by Friends of the Earth. While extreme weather around the world continues to threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions, the conference simply decided to put off decisions on key issues until later, with 142 issues remaining unresolved. Meanwhile, calls by scientists and environmentalists for even greater cuts in greenhouse gas emissions went unheeded. The largest oil company in the world, Exxon (Esso), was the loudest voice protesting against effective international action on climate change, and was behind much of the US government's obstructive stance. If you feel angry about the outcome of the talks and the failure of world governments and business to take positive action to combat global climate change, then let Exxon know. **TAKE ACTION NOW!** - SEND AN EMAIL TO LEE RAYMOND, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF EXXON, AT: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please send your message TODAY. Thousands of other people around the world will be doing the same. You are part of a huge global network of concerned citizens dedicated to taking action to stop dangerous climate change and protect the planet for future generations. ** What you have to do:** To save time we have put together a message for you to forward to Exxon (see below). All you need to do is follow these simple steps: 1) Press your forward button 2) Put in Lee Raymond's email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3) cc your message to us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4) Create your own subject line (eg Stop Blocking Action on Climate Change) 5) Before sending your message, delete everything outside the asterisks, ie these instructions, leaving just the message to Exxon 6) Write your name at the bottom of the letter 7) Press your send button 8) We need as many people as possible to take action. So get anyone who you think might be interested to join us in one of the following ways: - via the web page www.foe.co.uk/climatechange/clim-onl.htm - or directly by email, sending the following message �subscribe climateonline' (in the body text) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (leave the subject line blank). ************************************************************************ Dear Lee R Raymond EXXON MUST LEAVE THE GLOBAL CLIMATE COALITION On Saturday important international climate negotiations in Buenos Aires ended in failure. Against a backdrop of increased climatic disasters hitting vulnerable communities all over the world, governments could not agree to urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent dangerous climate change. They could only defer decisions to a later date. As a result, ordinary people everywhere will suffer from more severe weather, crop failures, sea level rise, loss of livelihoods and economic disruption. Exxon must accept responsibility for this. As a leading member of the Global Climate Coalition, a lobby group for fossil fuel and automotive companies, you have clearly influenced the positions of the US and the oil-producing nations, both of which were instrumental in stalling negotiations. In 1997 you funded an advertising campaign to stop US ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. Your executives have toured the world in an effort to undermine the science of climate change. At Buenos Aires your position was echoed, almost word for word, by Republican politicians opposed to the climate treaty. Two of your competitors, BP and Shell, have left the major industry lobby group, the Global Climate Coalition, because they now support precautionary action on climate change. They are also starting to invest in renewable energy, recognising that this may bring significant economic advantages in the future. Exxon, on the other hand, refuses to acknowledge the scientific consensus that climate change is a serious problem and is not investing in cleaner energy technologies, prefering to remain a fossil fuel company. It is now time for Exxon to take responsibility for the environmental impact of its activities. At the very least, Exxon should stop obstructing action on climate change by leaving the Global Climate Coalition. Otherwise the citizens of the world will know that it is Exxon that they must hold responsible for future climate catastrophe. Yours sincerely [insert your name here]
