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Chevron
Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation active in more than 180 countries and engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industries. Chevron Shareholders with $7.75 Billion in Stock Vote to Increase … MORE
Fracking Pushback Opens Up Energy Firms
REUTERS – September 26, 2011 – John Pinkerton, who runs shale gas producer Range Resources Corp., has no time for fracking secrecy, and his notoriously tight-lipped industry is opening up a bit for fear of … MORE
Californians: There is Secret Fracking in Your Backyard
FAST COMPANY – September 3, 2011 – If you thought that only people in rural Pennsylvania were blessed with water that they can light on fire, think again. Fracking happens everywhere. You just don’t know … MORE
The Changing Climate of Environmental Risk
BUSINESS INSIDER – July 11, 2011 – With tsunami-induced nuclear reactor meltdowns in Japan, tornadoes obliterating towns in the American Midwest and the aftermath of BP’s calamitous oil spill still playing itself out, there was … MORE
Oil Company Shareholders Vote Against Fracking in Record Numbers
TRIPLE PUNDIT – June 6, 2011 – The discoveries of massive deposits of natural gas may be America’s ticket to energy independence. These reserves are tucked far beneath the earth’s surface and requires extraction by … MORE
Shareholder Flack Flies Over Fracking
SMART PLANET – June 3, 2011 – This morning, I read where a British energy company has halted its hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) operations in northwest England because of seismic activity reported near the area.
Resolutions Addressing Hydraulic Fracturing Continue to Attract Shareowner Support
SOCIAL FUNDS – June 3, 2011 – At the annual meeting of Ultra Petroleum, the company refuses to permit shareowners to present their proposal, but votes in favor double that of 2010.
Fracking Should Benefit from Shareholders’ Attention
THE MOTLEY FOOL – June 3, 2011 – It doesn’t require a triple-digit IQ to identify the April 2010 tragedy aboard Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon rig as easily the most horrendous oil and gas environmental disaster … MORE
Shareowner Pressure on Hydraulic Fracturing Intensifies
SRI Advisor – May 31, 2011 – Resolutions addressing the issue at Chevron and ExxonMobil, co-filed by As You Sow and other sustainable investors, win substantial shareowner support, and Ultra Petroleum declines to release results … MORE
Exxon, Chevron Under Pressure from Shareholders Over Natural Gas Fracking
REUTERS – May 27, 2011 – Big oil companies active in natural gas drilling are under increasing pressure to disclose the environmental and financial risks associated with hydraulic fracturing.
Major bloc of Chevron, Exxon Shareholders Vote to Look Closer at Fracking
THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT – May 26, 2011 – Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson today admitted the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, comes with certain risks, telling reporters at the company’s … MORE
Morning Energy: It’s the Bizarre Senate
POLITICO – May 26, 2011 – A shareholder resolution asking Chevron to prepare a report on the environmental and financial risks of fracking got only 41 percent of the shareholder vote Wednesday and a similar … MORE
On Our Radar: Oil Shareholders Demand Fracking Disclosures
THE NEW YORK TIMES – May 26, 2011 – At an annual meeting, nearly a third of Exxon Mobil shareholders back a proposal requiring greater transparency by the company on the risks of hydraulic fracturing, … MORE
RELEASE: Exxon, Chevron Shareholders Send Strong Message Today About Need to Disclose Environmental and Financial Risks of ‘Fracking’
AS YOU SOW PRESS RELEASE – May 25, 2011 – At today’s annual meetings of Chevron and ExxonMobil, shareholders sent a strong message by voting in favor of resolutions filed by the shareholder advocacy group … MORE
Large Percentage of Exxon, Chevron Shareholders Vote for Fracking Study
THE COLORADO INDEPENDENT – May 25, 2011 – Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson today admitted the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, comes with certain risks, telling reporters at the company’s … MORE
Chevron, ExxonMobil Hear from Shareholders on ‘Fracking’
FINANCIAL ADVISOR MAGAZINE – May 25, 2011 – Shareholders at today’s annual meetings of Chevron and ExxonMobil showed strong support for resolutions that would require the companies to report on environmental and financial risks of … MORE
Chevron and Exxon Shareholders Send Strong Message Today About Need to Disclose Environmental and Financial Risks of Fracking
TRIPLE PUNDIT – May 25, 2011 – At today’s annual meetings of Chevron and ExxonMobil, shareholders sent a strong message by voting in favor of resolutions filed by the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, … MORE
Big US Oil Companies Face Growing Fracking Concern
REUTERS – May 25, 2011 – Large blocks of investors in the two largest U.S. oil companies on Wednesday demanded more disclosure about the environmental risks of extracting oil and gas through hydraulic fracturing.
RELEASE: Shareholder Advocates Declare ‘Fracking’ Not Sustainable for Environment or Investment
AS YOU SOW PRESS RELEASE – May 19, 2011 – On Wednesday, May 25 resolutions filed by the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow will be voted on by investors at the annual meetings of … MORE
Investors Target “Fracking,” Political Contributions, and Network Neutrality This Proxy Season
SUSTAINGENUITYSM – February 9, 2011 – A wide variety of resolutions have been filed for this proxy season, targeting issues like fracking, political contributions, network neutrality and oil sands.
Investors Seek Disclosure of ‘Fracking’ Oil, Gas Risks
BUSINESS INSURANCE – January 25, 2011 – Investors have filed shareholder resolutions asking several major oil and gas companies to disclose the environmental and financial risks associated with natural gas fracturing, or “fracking,” operations and … MORE
U.S. Investors Target “Fracking,” Political Contributions, Network Neutrality
RESPONSIBLE INVESTOR – January 25, 2011 – US responsible investors have filed a wide variety of resolutions ahead of the forthcoming proxy season, targeting issues as diverse as “fracking”, political contributions, network neutrality and oil … MORE
Shareholders Demand Fracking Risk Disclosure
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER – January 24, 2011 – Investors have filed shareholder resolutions urging nine major oil and gas companies to disclose risks of their U.S. natural gas fracturing, or fracking, operations.
Shareholders Demand Some Fracking Answers
THE MOTLEY FOOL – January 21, 2011 – The specter of BP’s (NYSE: BP) Deepwater Horizon disaster last year, and the subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, hasn’t been put to rest. This … MORE
Shareholders Challenge Gas Companies on Fracking
FINANCIAL TIMES – January 21, 2011 – A group of US investors have filed shareholder resolutions with nine oil and gas companies, pressing them to disclose plans for managing risks associated with the technology being … MORE
Investor Groups’ Resolutions on Hydraulic Fracturing ‘Hit a Nerve’
SNL FINANCIAL – January 21, 2011 – A coalition of environmentally minded investors is calling on leading oil and gas companies to improve transparency related to hydraulic fracturing practices and adopt policies that will mitigate … MORE