Forwarded with Compliments of Government of the USA in Exile (GUSAE): Free Americans Resisting the Fourth Reich on Behalf of All Species. NOTE: Thanks to Vicki for this. -- kl, pp Greenpeace's Positive Energy May 25 - June 3, 2003 v. 3.20 Positive Energy -- your Greenpeace Clean Energy Now! weekly update. Inside this edition: -ExxonMobil Busted by Global Warming Crimes Unit; Shareholders Call for Clean Energy -Wind Can Supply 12% of the World's Electricity by 2020 +++++ ExxonMobil Busted by Global Warming Crimes Unit; Shareholders Call for Clean Energy Business at the international headquarters of the world's most powerful oil company ground to a halt last week as the Greenpeace Global Warming Crimes Unit entered the ExxonMobil compound in Irving, Texas, and served top executives with a list of charges against the company. ExxonMobil stands accused of running a 10-year campaign of misinformation meant to confuse the public about the threat of global warming. The Crimes Unit also found that 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 following day, ExxonMobil shareholders sent a strong message to the Board of Directors to support clean energy and to take action on global warming. Two shareholder resolutions on the subjects received more than 20% approval from investors. To find out more, go to: http://www.dontbuyexxonmobil.org +++++ Study Shows Wind Can Supply 12% World's Electricity by 2020 The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and Greenpeace released "Wind Force 12", a blueprint that demonstrates that Europe's current 7 billion Euro wind energy sector has the potential to grow to 75 billion Euros annually by 2020. The study reports that wind power can provide 12 percent of global electricity by 2020. This enormous growth in the renewable energy sector would additionally create 1.79 million new jobs, reduce electricity costs by 40 percent, and save 10,921 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. As countries are striving to fulfill their Kyoto Protocol commitments, many are joining the bandwagon of wind energy leaders such as Germany, Spain and Denmark and reaping the benefits that renewable energy provides. In the study's foreword, EU Commissioner for the Environment Margot Wallstrom says that "One of the tasks we are facing is a profound transformation of our energy system over the next few decades replacing fossil fuels with renewable energies and dramatically increasing energy efficiency. Wind Force 12 shows that wind energy is a critical part of the solution and should be the basis for forward-looking policy." For more information, please visit: http://www.ewea.org/ The "Positive Energy" newsletter and our web site, http://www.cleanenergynow.org, will give you good news about ways to achieve clean air, climate justice, and renewable energy solutions to our ongoing energy crisis. Help Greenpeace spread the word. Forward this e-mail on to other caring individuals. Want to do more? Become a Greenpeace member today! To give online, go to: https://www.greenpeaceusa.org/join2/list.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our mailings are never sent unsolicited. You or someone using your e-mail address has subscribed to this mailing. To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Greenpeace list, please visit our online subscription center: http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/sc To read our complete privacy policy go to: http://www.cleanenergynow.org/privacy.html