ASGP - Global Greens Boycott of U.S. Oil Companies.
A resolution sponsored by the Steering
Committee of the ASGP endorsing the global boycott of
Exxon-Mobil, Texaco, and Chevron corporations due to their
activities on global warming issues.
Background
The Executive Branch of the government of the United States
has decided that it does not wish to go forward with the
Agreement negotiated in Kyoto, Japan, the Kyoto Agreement,
which provides a framework for the reduction of Greenhouse
Gas emissions. The United States has demonstrated its
disregard for this important issue by not moving forward on
standards for Carbon Dioxide emissions and by public
statements on the Kyoto Agreement.
It is reasonable to assume that the
Executive Branch has been influenced in its decision by the
campaign contributions by gigantic corporations in theOil
Business, specifically Exxon-Mobil, Texaco, and Chevron, and
the close association between President Bush and these
corporations.
At the recent Global Green Summit
delegations from Green Parties around the world called upon
people everywhere who are concerned out Global Warming to
join a boycott of irresponsible oil companies.
Resolution
The Association of State Green Parties wholeheartedly
endorses a boycott of the products of Exxon-Mobil, Chevron,
and Texaco, and will do publicity for the boycott, call on
others to endorse and join the boycott, and especially help
State Green Parties to coordinate their efforts around this
boycott. This boycott shall continue until the United States
Government takes substantial and concrete steps towards both
the dramatic reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions and
Global Treaties to ensure greenhouse gas emissions are
dramatically lowered. The boycott against a particular
member of the corporate triumvirate can be called off if
that corporation publicly repudiates the policies of George
W. Bush, swears off campaign contributions to politicians
who support polluters, and takes concrete steps to
significantly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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