Greenpeace Descends On ExxonMobil's Irving Compound

NBC5 (Dallas-Ft Worth NBC affilliate) ^ | 5/27/2003

[HarryDunne]

Greenpeace Demonstrators Block ExxonMobil HQ Gate
POSTED: 9:46 a.m. CDT May 27, 2003
UPDATED: 11:03 a.m. CDT May 27, 2003

DALLAS -- Greenpeace demonstrators were arrested after protesting global warming Tuesday morning, attempting to block ExxonMobil's compound in Irving, its international headquarters.

A statement from the environmental group Greenpeace said 45 demonstrators tried to block access to the complex, saying ExxonMobil isn't doing enough to help solve global warming.

Some demonstrators were positioned across the entrance while others reportedly entered the building to serve a list of charges against the company. The move comes as ExxonMobil's board of directors and international executives attempt to gather from across the world for Wednesday's annual general meeting.

[Let's Roll]

"...ExxonMobil isn't doing enough to help solve global warming."

Like what - pulling the plug on the sun?

[Flyer]

FReepers

Greenpeace

'Nuff said. . .

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

-----Original Message-----
From: messages@dynamic.greenpeace.org
[mailto:messages@dynamic.greenpeace.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:28 AM
To: (removed)
Subject: Greenpeace: ExxonMobil Global Headquarters Shut Down

Greenpeace: ExxonMobil Global Headquarters Shut Down

Business at the international headquarters of the world's most powerful company ground to a halt today as the Greenpeace Global Warming Crimes Unit converged on ExxonMobil's compound in Irving, Texas.

Please read on to find out how you can support this important action.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can change your email address, unsubscribe from this list, and have a forgotten cybercentre password mailed to you using the links at the bottom of this message. Please remember to delete these links before forwarding this message to anyone else.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Our news release is below. For more information, including regular updates as the action unfolds, please visit:

http://www.dontbuyexxonmobil.org

You can help by uploading your picture to the speech bubble gallery here (which automatically forwards it to the ExxonMobil board):

http://act.greenpeace.org/gpdesigner2/SubmitImage

and by sending a personal letter to the board of ExxonMobil here:

http://act.greenpeace.org/ams/e?a=esso_board&s=blue2

You can post comments and read updates at the weblog:

http://weblog.greenpeace.org/esso

Here's the release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2003

EXXONMOBIL BUSTED BY GREENPEACE GLOBAL WARMING CRIMES UNIT
Global Headquarters Shut Down Day Before Annual Meeting

DALLAS, Tex. - Business at the international headquarters of the world's most powerful company ground to a halt this morning as the Greenpeace Global Warming Crimes Unit converged on ExxonMobil's compound in Irving, Texas. Some members of the Unit are positioned across the entrance while others have entered the building to serve a list of charges against the company. The move comes as ExxonMobil's Board of Directors and international executives attempt to gather from across the world for tomorrow's Annual General Meeting.

As of 7:45 AM (CDT), 15 members of the Global Warming Crimes Unit are secured to the main gates, where two police-style vans are parked across the entrance used by staff and management. More than 30 members of the Unit have entered the compound, fabled for its high security. Some members of the Unit, including a Baptist minister, are actually inside the building, while others are on the roof, holding a banner that brands the building a "global warming crime scene." Employees arriving to work are turning away.

James Moore of the Global Warming Crimes Unit said, "This is where ExxonMobil plots to sabotage all meaningful efforts to solve global warming. Within these walls, ExxonMobil executives fight to conduct business as usual while the catastrophe of global warming - which impacts millions of ordinary people - is completely ignored."

ExxonMobil stands accused of running a 10-year campaign of sabotage against international efforts to solve global warming. The company has used its influence and money to block agreements that would reduce global warming pollution. Recent figures show the company gives millions of dollars to ultra-conservative groups that aggressively lobby against action to protect our climate and direct President Bush's extreme energy policies.

The list of charges is accompanied by pages of evidence against the company. Copies of classified documents and letters demonstrate the unique role that ExxonMobil has played in sabotaging action on global warming, fraudulently misrepresenting the science, and lying to the American people.

"While 109 nations have signed the Kyoto Protocol to fight global warming, ExxonMobil has done all it can to ensure the United States sits on the sidelines," added Moore. "We will leave only when the company agrees to stop sabotaging international action on global warming. Meanwhile, everyone can help by refusing to buy gas from ExxonMobil."

VISIT THE CYBERCENTRE

Please don't forget to visit the Greenpeace Cyberactivist Community at: http://act.greenpeace.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Graewoulf]

The Oil Companies provide the Petroleum fuel that runs most of our economy.

The consumer consumes the fuel that pollutes our air.

Who then is the greater "threat" to our environment?

Obviously, ALL the members of Greenpeace are aware that the consumption of Petroleum fuel is what is really harmful to our environment.

Hence, it would be interesting to find out how many of the members of Greenpeace who arrived in Irving, Texas chose not to pollute our friendly skys with burned jet fuel. Or pollute our highways with burned gasoline, or burned diesel.

Since plastic is made from Crude Oil, did they walk to Irving in shoes with non-plastic soles?

Did they not use other plastic items such as credit cards, sandwich bags and cell phones?

At your upcoming FREEP, be sure and carry a sign asking the Greenpeacers how they plan to get home WITHOUT the use of plastic credit cards, jet fuel, automobile gasoline or diesel for the trucks they might use to hitch a ride with.

BTW, most bicycles use tires that are made from plastic.

[LloydChristmas]

PING

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Global warming does not exist and anybody stupid enough to believe it has been brainwashed.

[HarryDunne]

good hustle on the ping </sarcasm>

[NYC GOP Chick]

For some reason, they never seem to get a positive response in my part of town... ;)

[Centurion2000]

let`s protest everything but the cause of all these problems... Human overpopulation.

Human overpopulation is bunk. We aren't anywhere NEAR crowding this planet out.

Percentage of Africa classed as wilderness : 28%
Percentage of North America classed as wilderness : 38%

And we haven't even started colonizing the ocean like we could.

[MeekOneGOP]

[Flyer]

From indymedia. . .

[Stultis]

This thread should include a link to last years anti-anti-capitalist Exxon freep. The account is by the irredoubtable (I'm not looking that up, but sure that it must apply somehow) Ms. AntiFeminazi:

ECO RADICALS SHAMED IN DALLAS (After Freep Report)

[Darksheare]

Well, let's see.
Solve global Worming?
How about plugging the cow's butts so they don't emit methane.
Then shut AL Gore up.
Then tranq Green Piece so they can't bother anyone.
That alone should save about 25% on the problem by istelf, saving more fuel and trouble for the rest of us as well.

[buffyt]

What do village idiots look like? See above PHOTO!

[buffyt]

BUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Graewoulf]

Now, now, we all know that the Earth is coming out of an Ice Age. And guess what happens? Right! The air temperature increases! So there is such a thing as "global warming."

The problem is that the warming of the air surrounding the Earth has nothing to do with the activities of us humans. Self-centered groups such as the Greenpeacers will never admit that humans are insignificant factors in their chosen cause celebre'.

[Imal]

The War on Terrorism will not be over until Greenpeace and its legions of useless idiots have been eliminated.

[LloydChristmas]

http://www.greenpeace.org/news/details?item_id=258608

Busting Exxon
Charged as world's #1 climate criminal

Tue 27 May 2003
UNITED STATES/Irving, Texas


How come we're the ones being arrested and not Exxon/Mobil executives? All we did was disrupt preparations for their annual general meeting, where they'll conduct business as usual. The real crime? Business as usual for ExxonMobil is frying the planet.


The Greenpeace Global Warming Crimes Unit converged on ExxonMobil's compound in Irving, Texas, to charge the oil giant with crimes against the climate. The bust was timed to coincide with the arrival of ExxonMobil's Board of Directors and international executives, gathering from across the world for their Annual General Meeting May 28th.


Greenpeace infiltrators, cleverly disguised in suits and ties, delivered the charges against Exxon executives at about 8 am. Exxon's crimes include sabotage of efforts to address climate change, fraudulently manipulating respected scientific studies and organizations, and lying to the American public, elected officials in the United States and the global community at large.

Greenpeace technical operatives monitored the progress of talks with a hidden briefcase camera which emailed blurry evidence of the lead team's presence inside.

It was then that Team Tiger headed for the roof. Activists dressed in hot, furry costumes in the sweltering Texas sun deployed banners and beamed video of their demands that Exxon do something about Climate change. The video feed failed shortly after security guards were seen scrambling up toward them. (Exxon\Esso has used the tiger in its advertising for many years, and continues to do so despite arresting costumed ones on its roof and threatening the habitats of real ones with its blinkered policies on climate change.)

More than 30 Greenpeace activists were arrested for securing themselves to the main gates, trespassing as tigers, infiltrating Exxon Headquarters, or displaying banners on the roof of the building. News helicopters buzzed overhead, roads were blocked, police turned up with swat equipment and visitors were turned away, despite Exxon claims that the peaceful action "did not disrupt operations" at their corporate headquarters.

You can read more about the charges against Exxon/Mobil/Esso, the activists involved in this action, and what you can do to help, at http://www.dontbuyexxonmobil.org/

Say you won't buy Exxon/Mobil: You can upload your picture to the speech bubble gallery here (which automatically forwards it to the ExxonMobil board):
http://act.greenpeace.org/gpdesigner2/SubmitImage

and you can send a personal letter to the board of ExxonMobil here:

http://act.greenpeace.org/ams/e?a=esso_board&s=blue2







Activist tigers head for Exxon headquarters in Irving, Texas. Part of the Global Warming Crimes Unit, they charged Exxon with being climate criminal #1.



See the record of live coverage of the action from our action blogger, Eric.

Visit NBC news to view a slide show.

See photo gallery.





Related stories
ExxonMobil shut down by volunteers in UK
Fire at ExxonMobil facility in US
Oil giant tries again to silence protests

Related slideshows :

Esso: shutting down the #1 climate crinimal for a day

[this_ol_patriot]

Global Worms

[metalboy]

Human overpopulation is bunk. We aren't anywhere NEAR crowding this planet out.

Yes but everything they are protesting is the result of more people,(if you don`t want to call it over-population). I mean it`s obvious, as land that was once undeveloped in America is now developed, new houses etc, and it will keep filling up. I mean you would be hard pressed to find less houses, buildings anywhere 20 years ago than today. What I`m saying is that they are protesting the wrong things. It`s like a river overflowing because a dam broke and they are focusing instead on the trees. What is sitting in a tree going to do?