When Democracy for America started our Boycott BP campaign, we knew we had to get their attention in a language BP understands - profits. Now, we know it's working:
A chain of Convenience Stores in Philipsburg, Pa decided to debrand three of its BP-branded stations:
"We are debranding BP. We will no longer be associated with BP by the end of the month. We are doing this because of the backlash and bad publicity from the handling of BP's catastrophe," Sean Lay, vice president of operations, said in the report. "We don't want to be associated with them anymore. We've had enough."[Convenience Store News]
Our campaign has been covered by everyone from the New York Times to industry trade newspapers. You can be sure that BP is paying attention. Now, let's turn up the heat.
In spite of these early effects of the boycott, BP corporate headquarters is still playing games with the numbers and continues to escape accountability. Just this morning, the government updated estimates of the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf to be much higher than BP originally stated.
And yet, BP continues to deny the extent of the problem. A report from NPR asks: "BP officials insisted this week they have found no large plumes of oil concentrated underwater, although it begs the question: if the oil isn't concentrated in the water, where is it?"
Instead of launching a multi-million dollar public relations offensive on T.V. to shrug off the blame and beg for customers, BP must take full responsibility for the cleanup of this unprecedented disaster. They need to know we're not buying their spin or their gas until they get the job done and the disaster is completely cleaned up.
Pledge to buy your gas from Anyone But BP right now
BP had the resources to drill and create this horrible disaster, now they have the responsibility to clean it up. But, they won't do it on their own. They need to know we will make them pay one way or another.
Thanks for everything you do.
Levana Layedecker, Communications Director
Democracy for America
And yet, BP continues to deny the extent of the problem. A report from NPR asks: "BP officials insisted this week they have found no large plumes of oil concentrated underwater, although it begs the question: if the oil isn't concentrated in the water, where is it?"
Instead of launching a multi-million dollar public relations offensive on T.V. to shrug off the blame and beg for customers, BP must take full responsibility for the cleanup of this unprecedented disaster. They need to know we're not buying their spin or their gas until they get the job done and the disaster is completely cleaned up.
Pledge to buy your gas from Anyone But BP right now
BP had the resources to drill and create this horrible disaster, now they have the responsibility to clean it up. But, they won't do it on their own. They need to know we will make them pay one way or another.
Thanks for everything you do.
Levana Layedecker, Communications Director
Democracy for America
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