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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  G8 SUMMIT 'COMPROMISED' BY CARMAKER'S SPONSORSHIP Tue Jul 05 2005 19:49:24 ET Environmentalists today claimed the G8 summit in Gleneagles was "compromised" because of its sponsorship by the Ford motor company. Action to tackle global warming - which scientists believe is caused in part by fumes from car exhausts - is at the top of the agenda for the leaders of the rich industrialised world meeting in Scotland. Some green campaigners today said that this goal did not sit well with the acceptance of sponsorship worth a reported �250,000 from Ford, which is providing a fleet of more than 100 vehicles for heads of state and government, their entourages and security. The Scotsman reported that the company is providing 24 Jaguar XJ Sovereign cars for government leaders, 30 Galaxy people carriers for delegates and 54 vehicles to support the policing of the summit. In return, the company's logo is featured in summit documents and on the G8 Gleneagles website's "sponsorship" page. Robin Harper, of the Scottish Green Party, told The Scotsman that the relationship between Ford and the Gleneagles meeting "compromised" the climate change talks: "The very idea that any big business should be able to advertise themselves as part of the G8 summit is abhorrent." Developing... |
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