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Investors to Challenge Ultra Petroleum on Hydraulic Fracturing at Shareholder Meeting Tuesday, May 22May 17, 2012
Shareholders Press Utilities to Reduce Financial Risks of Coal May 16, 2012
As Duke Becomes Nation's Largest Utility, Shareholders Raise Questions About Continued Reliance on Coal April 26, 2012
Shareholders Challenge Ameren to Disclose Plan to Reduce Costs and Risks of Coal April 17, 2012
SEC Overrules ExxonMobil's Attempt to Block Shareholder Resolution on Fracking April 4, 2012
Solar Energy Production Much Cleaner Than Fossil Fuel, But Industry Can Still Improve, New Report Says March 28, 2012
McDonald's to Test Replacing Foam Cups with Paper in 2,000 Stores March 21, 2012
Corporate Political Spending is Major Focus of 2012 Shareholder Resolutions, Says Proxy Preview 2012 February 20, 2012
Nanotechnology in Food: In the Absence of Regulations, Nonprofit Releases New Framework for Companies to Evaluate Safety December 6, 2011
McDonald's Coffee Cups Getting A Recyclable Makeover AOL Daily Finance, March 27, 2012
McDonald's Testing Eco-Friendlier Coffee Cups MSNBC, March 21, 2012
McDonald's Testing Paper Cups for Hot DrinksChicago Tribune, March 22, 2012
McDonald's Tests Out Ditching Polystyrene Cups In 2000 StoresTreehugger, March 22, 2012
McDonald's Launches Pilot Program to Drop Polysterene Coffee Cups GreenBiz, March 21, 2012
Beverage Industry Recycling Gets a Report Card for 2011 Whole Foods Magazine, October 2011
Major Beverage Companies Open To EPR, Study Finds Packaging World, September 1, 2011
How Wasteful Are Your Companies? MSNBC, August 11, 2011
Johnson & Johnson Joins the Shareholder Revolution Forbes, March 19, 2012
Campbells to Phase out BPA in Soup Cans Packaging Digest, March 6, 2012
Yum! Brands, Whole Foods Trash Paper Receipts Made with BPA Reuters, May 20, 2011
Taco Bell, Other Fast Food Chains Ditch BPA Laced Paper Receipts Triple Pundit, May 17, 2011
Yum! Brands, Whole Foods Address Peoples' Health, Discontinue Toxic BPASustainable Business, May 17, 2011
Coca-Cola Shareholders Demand Resolution on Chemical California Watch, April 29, 2011
As You Sow: Better Practice = Better Solar iStockAnalyst, March 28, 2012
How to Make Solar Even More Sustainable GreenBiz, March 28, 2012
As You Sow on Creating Greener Solar PV Panels TriplePundit, March 28, 2012
Tracking the Sustainability Challenges of Solar GreenBiz, November 4, 2011
Clear Channel’s ‘Green is Good’ Announces “Sustainability Superstar” Roster of Guests for Current Season BusinessWire, October 27, 2011
Production, and Recycling Utah Environment Law Review, May 10, 2011
General Mills, Procter & Gamble Pressured to Trim PackagingLos Angeles Times, May 6, 2011
Shareholder Resolution Filed with Duke Energy Expresses Growing Concern Over Coal Triple Pundit, April 27, 2012
Shareholder Group Targets Ameren, Duke, FirstEnergy on Coal Platt's Electric Power Daily, April 19, 2012
Investors Press Duke Energy for Environmental Info Charlotte Business Journal, February 13, 2012
The Changing Climate of Environmental Risk Business Insider, July 11, 2011
A Different Kind of Climate Chage The Motley Fool, June 22, 2011
Advocacy Group Says Coal Is Risky UPI, June 16, 2011
Dow Jones Market Talk: Investors Passive about U.S. Coal Power Risks Morningstar, June 14, 2011
Official from As You Sow Tours Electronic Recyclers InternationalBusiness Street Online, January 16, 2012
Exxon Shareholder Vote on Fracking Gets SEC Nod Reuters, April 4, 2012
Exxon Mobil Must Allow Vote on Fracturing Disclosure FuelFix, April 4, 2012
Californians: There is Secret Fracking in Your Backyard Fast Company, November 3, 2011
Fracking Pushback Opens Up Energy Firms Reuters, September 26, 2011
Oil Company Shareholders Vote Against Fracking in Record Numbers Triple Pundit, June 6, 2011
Exxon, Chevron Under Pressure from Shareholders Over Natural Gas Fracking Reuters, May 27, 2011
Exxon Says 'Fracking' Safe As Industry Mounts DefenseWall Street Journal, May 26, 2011
Major bloc of Chevron, Exxon Shareholders Vote to Look Closer at Fracking The Washington Independent, May 26, 2011
Nanotechnology: No One Is Evaluating the Risks Mother Earth News, April/May 2012
Weighing the Risks of NanotechnologyFood Manufacturing, January 3, 2012
Is Nanotechnology the New GMO? Food Politics, December 13, 2011
Advocacy Group to Food Industry: Unveil the Nanotechnology in Your Products Food Whistleblower, December 13, 2011
Nanofoods: Something to Worry About HazMat Management, December 12, 2011
Nanoparticles in the Food Chain Heritage Public Radio Network, December 11, 2011
Report: Watch Nano-Based Food Products New Haven Independent, December 8, 2011
Caution Urged with Nanoparticles in Food Food Safety News, December 6, 2011
Nanotechnology in Food KRCB FM, December 6, 2011
Show us the Money CFO Magazine, April 15, 2012
Shareholders Should Know About Political Donations USA Today, April 3, 2012
The Corporate Disclosure Assault Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2012
Corporate Political Donors Don't Need SEC PolicingReuters, March 2, 2012
In Election Year, Shareholders Tackle Politics The Motley Fool, March 2, 2012
US Shareholder Advocacy Targets BPA, Flame Retardants and MercuryChemical Watch, February 29, 2012
Corporate Political Spending the Big Issue for Proxy SeasonResponsible Investor, February 28, 2012
2012 Shareholder Resolutions Address Coporate Political Power Triple Pundit, February 28, 2012
Corporate Political Spending Tops list of Resolutions in 2012, Report Says Financial Advisor Magazine, February 28, 2012
How Shareholder Activism Moved the Needle on Sustainability in 2011 Reuters, July 8, 2011
