President Donald Trump has ordered a review of the influence of proxy advisory firms on investments in the fossil fuel industry, a move that could ultimately help oil and gas companies prevent shareholders from voting on resolutions aimed to address the risks of climate change
Read MoreThe bull towers 11 feet tall at its shoulder. A staggering 7,100 pounds of shimmering bronze, it stands mid-charge, feet splayed across the sliver of park called Bowling Green at the gateway to New York’s financial district.
Read MorePresident Trump signed a pair of executive orders at a training center for petroleum industry workers near Houston last Wednesday.
Read MoreFollowing President Trump’s executive order on issuing permits and promoting energy infrastructure and economic growth, energy associations reacted in support.
Read MoreOne of the nation’s largest oil and gas companies is expanding its presence in the Permian Basin with a multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum.
Read MorePRAISE and criticism was dispensed to fossil-fuel companies last week by the Church Commissioners, who have suggested that ExxonMobil needs to catch up with its rival, Shell.
Read MoreIf you’re like many of those I’ve introduced the word “nurdle” to in the last week or so, you giggled the first time you heard it.
Read MoreA far better use of the administration's energy would be to support American innovation and create jobs by leading the world toward a low-carbon economy."
Read MoreShareholders have continually put forward resolutions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adjusting their business models and reducing methane releases. Investors are increasingly asking companies to align their operations to meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius.
Read MoreInvestors who represent more than $60 billion in assets sent a letter on Thursday to all members of Congress expressing support for the Green New Deal, said investor-advocacy group As You Sow, which organized the letter.
Read MoreEnvironmental advocacy group As You Sow (Oakland, CA) announced that it has withdrawn its shareholder proposals with Chevron and Phillips 66 since Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (The Woodlands, TX), which is jointly owned by the two companies, has agreed to start reporting spills of pre-production plastic pellets.
Read MoreOAKLAND (KPIX 5) — There are growing protests over the amount of plastic ending up in the world’s oceans, but one Oakland nonprofit is taking a different approach that is having a remarkable effect on getting big plastic producers to care about the problem.
Read MoreLaw360 (April 9, 2019, 7:09 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is drawing new boundaries around how shareholders in ExxonMobil and other energy companies can demand climate change-related actions like reducing corporate carbon footprints and demanding disclosures on progress.
Read MoreIf you’re looking in your 401(k) plan for investments that back clean energy or gender and racial diversity, you may have a tough time finding them.
Read More(Reuters) - Chevron Phillips Chemical Co said on Tuesday it would start reporting plastic pellet spills from its chemical plants in 2019.
Read MoreLess than two weeks after Exxon Mobil became the first major oil company to agree to report plastic pellet pollution to investors, another major petrochemical company has followed suit under pressure from activist shareholders.
Read MoreCEO pay figures for 2019 are out, and again they beg the question of what should determine the big boss’s compensation?
Read MoreShareholders filed proposals on nearly 400 environmental, social and sustainability issues at U.S. companies through mid-February.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump loves climate-wrecking coal and hates the climate-saving Paris Agreement.
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