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- From: SEAC via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
- Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,talk.environment,alt.save.the.earth
- Subject: INFO: Reasons to Boycott BP (British Petroleum)
- Followup-To: talk.environment,alt.save.the.earth
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 02:03:40 GMT
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- =o= The event describe herein is over, but the information
- is worth reading and reacting to.
- <_Jym_>
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- => Newsgroups: alt.activism
- => From: hagemann@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Brian Hagemann)
- => Subject: BP Boycott Announcement
-
- TOXIC TUESDAY
- BP BOYCOTT NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION!
- (It's not just in Ohio anymore)
-
- NOVEMBER 10, 1992
-
- By now, you've probably heard of the BP BOYCOTT, a
- part of Ohio's corporate accountability campaign of British
- Petroleum. In an attempt to unite campus environmental groups
- aroung the state and in an effor to build a livale future, BP is
- targeted for its pollution record and practices. SEACers have
- struggled to mobilize a powerful force of grassroots pressure to
- demand that BP be more responsible both socially and
- ecologically.
-
- WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT BP?...Take your pick...
-
- 1. BP produces 5 times more toxics per $1000 sale than the oil
- industry's average.
-
- 2. BP ranks as the largest polluter in Ohio, the 4th largest
- polluter in the United States, and the 3rd largest polluter
- of toxic waste on Earth.
-
- 3. BP is leading the charge to open up the Arctic National
- Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling.
-
- 4. BP is the 2nd largest oil company fueling the Apartheid
- government in South Africa.
-
- 5. BP is the majority owner of Alyeska, the consortium of oil
- companies responsible for the botched cleanup of the Exxon
- Valdez oil spill.
-
- 6. BP fueled the Persian Gulf War.
-
- 7. BP refuses to comply with the MacBride principles, which
- assure fair hiring practices of Irish workers in Ireland.
-
- 8. In Brazil, BP has been criticized for destroying several
- thousand acres of rainforest. BP has also been charged with
- rainforest destruction in Southeast Asia.
-
- The campaign has been growing and now several groups around
- the country have shown interest in expanding the Boycott to
- a National scale. In response, Ohio SEAC is organizing Toxic
- Tuesday on November 10 as a Day of Action on which grassroots
- environmental groups can join the Boycott with actions such as
- station pickets. All that is needed to participate in Toxic
- Tuesday is a free afternoon, some facts sheets, and the desire
- to bring Corporate America's pollution habits into the
- spotlight.
-
- SUGGESTED ACTIONS FOR TOXIC TUESDAY:
-
- -BP station pickets
- -Teach-ins
- -Guerrilla Theater (toxic suits)
- -Go carless
- -Have a local politician pledge to boycott BP
- -Cut up a BP credit card. Send the leftovers to BP and tell them what
- you think
- -Invent your own toxic tuesday actions.
-
-
- More information is available, including the history of the
- boycott, BP's actions toward Ohio SEAC, and information packets
- and flyers. If any of you SEACers out there DO want more
- information, PLEASE CONTACT:
-
- Ohio U. SEAC
- 57 1/2 N. Court St.
- Athens, OH. 45701
- 614-59-GREEN
-
-
- THANKS and HAVE FUN!
-
-
- --
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