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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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.

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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.

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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 >

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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 >

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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.

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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.

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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 >

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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.

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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 >

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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 >

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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.

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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