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***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
EXXONMOBIL'S FUNDING OF CLIMATE DENIAL DRAWS CRITICISM AT SHAREHOLDER MEETING
Exxpose Exxon and allies call on oil giant to align reality with rhetoric
As Exxon Mobil's board and shareholders gather in Dallas for the company's annual meeting so will critics of the company's policies. The Exxpose Exxon coalition* is joining with local faith and justice leaders for a press conference to outline ExxonMobil's continued misleading of its shareholders and the public on some of the most pressing issues facing the company and the nation, including global warming and the future of U.S. oil dependence.
| WHAT: |
Press conference and public rally |
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WHO: |
Shawnee Hoover, Exxpose Exxon
Tim Greeff, Natural Resources Defense Council
Juan Parras, Citizens League for Environmental Action Now
Gary Stuward, Dallas Interfaith Environmental Alliance |
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WHEN: |
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
8:00 a.m. Central, greeting rally begins
8:30 Press conference and Q&A, Flora & Crockett St.
9:00 Exxon Mobil annual meeting begins |
Good visuals. Activist greeting committee will meet arriving limos at backside of Meyerson. Interviews will be available before 8:30am.
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WHERE: |
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
2301 Flora Street, downtown Dallas |
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CONTACT: |
Geoff Castro, CLEAN, 713-703-3716 cell
Shawnee Hoover, Exxpose Exxon, 202-674-0922 cell |
The Exxpose Exxon coalition is a collaborative effort of some of the nation's largest environmental and public advocacy organizations to educate and activate the public about ExxonMobil's efforts to block action on global warming, drill in the Arctic Refuge, and keep America addicted to oil.
Citizens League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) in Houston works to inform and educate citizens about environmental abuses so that they will take action to protect their children, future generations and endangered species. |
