Visitors to opening weekend of the ExxonMobil Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta were greeted by an unexpected protest against the event’s main sponsor.
Satirical protestors supported by WildEarth Guardians and the The Yes Men dressed as sales representatives of a fake oil and gas company, Exxtreme Energy, and offered samples of the company’s “new hydration and drought solution” to Fiesta visitors and guests in the ExxonMobil sponsor tent on Sunday.
“People laugh when they see our ads for drinking fracking waste — but Exxon and its peers are dead serious about pushing this on New Mexico’s farms and waterways,” said Natalie Whiteman of The Yes Men. “Our role is just to say the quiet part out loud.”…