Stop Esso campaign



         


The Stop Esso campaign is a campaign by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and People and Planet aimed at boycotting the oil company Esso because they believe it is doing a lot of damage to the environment.

The campaign states that Esso is:

Stop Esso France was sued by Esso, who alleged falling profits because the campaign used a parody Esso logo featuring dollar signs in place of the letters "ss".

Esso said that the $$ looked like Nazi symbols. A French court came down on the side of Esso, so the campaign had to move their French Web site to the USA. A French judge has overturned the previous ruling, however, so the site has moved back to France.

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Stop Esso Days held so far

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