StopEsso: Look for a Franchise Opening Soon

onAug 11, 2006 @ 16:11 PDT

Have a look at StopEsso, a quirky Canadian website working to organize a boycott of ExxonMobile’s Canadian subsidiary, Esso. There isn’t much information on the site about the organizers, so I have emailed looked for more and will report out when I hear back. In the meantime, my favourite part of the site is this invitation:

“Join in with other volunteers and campaigners in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and other locations or start your own group – contact [email protected] for Franchise Opportunities!”

By Richard Littlemore

Analysis

Industry Pushes Back on UK Ad Bans

ByEllen Ormesher

onFeb 11, 2026 @ 03:22 PST

As calls grow for the government to ban fossil fuel advertising, Lord Vaizey warns against stricter regulation.

Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation

Series: Advertising & PR Industry

Trump Accused of Trying to ‘Divide and Destabilise’ Europe Through New MAGA Fund

ByAdam Barnett, Clare Carlile and Sam Bright

onFeb 10, 2026 @ 06:25 PST

UK and EU leaders have been called upon to “reject” MAGA’s “foreign interference”.

Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda, Defending Democracy from Dirty Money

Series: MAGA, Defending-UK-Democracy

us/Trump’s EPA Just Used the Clean Air Act to Prop up Coal Power

ByJoe Fassler

onFeb 9, 2026 @ 12:58 PST

The Environmental Protection Agency threw out Colorado’s entire haze reduction plan, in what critics called ‘illegal’ and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants.