News that GM and Toyota are siding with the Trump administration in its plan to restrict California from setting its own air pollution standards for vehicles comes as the Golden State continues to battle fierce wildfires throughout the state.
Read MoreThe Sierra Club today filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
Read MoreThe Guardian, in collaboration with the Climate Accountability Institute, revealed Wednesday that 20 large multinational companies are responsible for one third of all greenhouse gas emissions emitted in the modern era — and these polluters are still driving the relentless climb of global temperatures.
Read MoreDuke Energy, the largest U.S. power utility, announced today a major commitment to address climate change by setting a target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with an interim target of 50 percent carbon emission reductions by 2030.
Read MoreAnadarko Petroleum Corp shareholders voted today to approve the oil and gas producer’s $38 billion sale to Occidental Petroleum Corp — the largest merger seen in the oil and gas industry since Royal Dutch Shell Plc acquired BG Group Ltd. in 2016.
Read Morehis week Devon Energy announced a new commitment to reduce the intensity of its methane emissions from 0.32 percent in 2018 to 0.28 percent by 2025. This announcement comes recently after the company’s sale of its high-carbon oil sands assets in Canada.
Read MoreToday, 33% of investors at Chevron Corporation’s annual meeting voted in support of a shareholder resolution asking the company to report on how it plans to reduce its full range of greenhouse gas emissions and transition its business model to align with a decarbonizing energy market. Also today, at Exxon’s annual meeting, 25% of investors voted in support of a shareholder resolution asking the company to issue a report assessing the public health risks of expanding petrochemical operations in areas increasingly prone to climate change-induced storms, flooding, and sea level rise.
Read MoreShareholder proposals brought by As You Sow will challenge two of the world’s largest oil and chemical producers, ExxonMobil and DowDuPont at annual meetings on May 29 and June 25, respectively, to issue a report assessing the public health risks of expanding their petrochemical operations and investments in areas increasingly prone to climate change-induced storms, flooding, and sea level rise, and the risks such operations pose to public health.
Read MoreToday, 99 percent of BP shareholders voted in support of a resolution drafted by Climate Action 100+, a group of 300 investors with more than $33 trillion in assets under management, calling for the oil giant to align its business strategy with the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Read MoreThe biggest Dutch investor, Aegon Netherlands and Aegon Asset Management Netherlands, announced this week its support for nine climate resolutions, including As You Sow’s Chevron Paris-aligned business transition proposal and a petrochemical resiliency proposal filed with Exxon.
Read MoreToday, a group of more than 50 investors representing more than $60 billion in assets under management sent a letter to all 535 Members of Congress expressing support of the Green New Deal’s urgent call to action on climate change.
Read MoreThe Trump administration continues to drive the country backward with an announcement that it will sign a number of executive orders attempting to foist unwanted oil and gas pipelines on states and localities.
Read MoreWells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, two banks with major investment and loan portfolios in fossil fuel projects, filed motions to exclude from their proxies a climate related shareholder resolution.
Read MoreAt CERAWeek, Shell broke its tradition of avoiding government criticism to call on the Trump administration to tighten methane restrictions from oil and gas operations. Exxon also doubled down on its position that federal methane regulation has an important role to play in leveling the playing field and reducing environmental risks.
Read MoreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled Monday that Anadarko Petroleum Corporation cannot exclude a shareholder proposal filed by As You Sow. The proposal asks the company to issue a report describing if, and how, it plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to align with the Paris Agreement’s goal of avoiding catastrophic climate change.
Read MoreToday, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer launched a Net Zero Utility Decarbonization Initiative on behalf of an investor coalition representing $1.69 trillion in assets. The initiative calls on U.S. utilities to adopt particular recommendations in advance of their 2020 proxy statements.
Read MoreThe Trump administration announced Thursday that it had decided to scrap negotiations with California over the president’s plan to undo nationally agreed upon fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks. This announcement sets the stage for one of its most consequential climate-policy rollbacks.
Read MoreAs You Sow and Corporate Knights released today its sixth update of the Carbon Clean 200™, a list of the 200 publicly traded companies that are leading the way among their global peers to a clean energy future.
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