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Duke Energy Coal Resolution 2018
RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Duke Energy publish a report assessing the public health impacts of its coal use on rates of illness, mortality, and infant death, due to coal related air and water pollution in … MORE
US companies defy investors with switch to online annual meetings
Ford says it will join life of ‘forward-looking’ groups ending in-person event. The number of US companies scrapping the traditional annual shareholder meeting and hosting the event online has surged in the past 18 months, in defiance … MORE
It looks like this year will be big for investor activism
GreenBiz-March 14, 2017-Amid unprecedented uncertainty about the Trump administration’s commitment to environmental and social issues, investors are relying more heavily than ever on companies to take action on initiatives such as addressing climate change, conserving … MORE
Duke-Coal-Public-Health-2017
RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Duke Energy publish a report assessing the public health impacts of its coal use on rates of illness, mortality, and infant death, due to coal related air and water pollution in … MORE
RELEASE: EPA Issues First-Ever Rule Regulating Toxic Coal Ash, But is it Enforceable?
AS YOU SOW PRESS RELEASE – December 19, 2014 – After years of delay, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made history today by issuing the first-ever rule designed to regulate the harmful effects of … MORE
RELEASE: Shareholders Press Utilities to Reduce Financial Risks of Coal
As You Sow Press Release
RELEASE: As Duke Become Nation’s Largest Utility, Shareholders Raise Questions About Continued Reliance on Coal
As You Sow Press Release
Shareholder Resolution Filed With Duke Energy Expresses Growing Concern Over Coal
TRIPLE PUNDIT – Duke Energy will hold its annual meeting next week, and as is the case with other utilities, non profit advocacy groups will press companies for more information on coal risk exposure. The … MORE
Duke Energy – Coal – 2011
Shareowners request that Duke Energy’s Board of Directors, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, issue a report by November 2011 on the financial risks of continued reliance on coal contrasted with increased investments in efficiency and … MORE
Duke Energy – Coal – 2012
Share owners request that the Duke Board of Directors report to shareholders by November 2012, a treasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, on plans to reduce our company’s exposure to coal‐related costs and risks, including … MORE
Duke Energy
Duke Energy is the largest electric power holding company in the U.S., involved in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution. As You Sow has engaged Duke Energy on issues related to coal. Read more about our … MORE
Getting the Carbon Out
FINANCIAL ADVISOR – January 29, 2013 – Who are the Filthy 15? They are public companies in the coal utility and extraction business that groups criticize for damaging the environment and contributing heavily to climate … MORE
Update: Financial Risks of Investments in Coal
As You Sow’s Update to the White Paper provides a snapshot of the current trends underlying five financial risks for investments in coal: for mining companies, they are driving shifts in generator demand away from coal; for electric utilities, they are making “cheap coal” costly compared to other generating options or increased efficiency. MORE
Utilities Face Scrutiny for Coal Reliance
Press Coverage
Shareholder Group Targets Ameren, Duke, FirstEnergy on Coal
PLATTS ELECTRIC POWER DAILY – April 19, 2012 – Three large investor-owned utilities are urging shareholders to vote against resolutions that would direct the IOUs to prepare plans to reduce their exposure to “coal‐related costs … MORE
Investors Press Duke Energy for Environmental Info
CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL – February 13, 2012 – As annual meetings approach, investors affiliated with a national nonprofit promoting control of greenhouse gases and other sustainability issues have filed shareholder resolutions with Duke Energy…
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
White Paper: Financial Risks of Investments in Coal
In June 2011, As You Sow released White Paper: Financial Risks of Investments in Coal that lays out the financial risks of continued reliance on coal for electricity generation. MORE
RELEASE: Coal Investors Face Increasing Financial Risks, New Report Says
AS YOU SOW PRESS RELEASE – June 15, 2011 – According to a new report released today by As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy organization, the financial risks faced by the coal-fired utility industry have … MORE
RELEASE: Shareholder Advocates Expose Coal Industry’s Financial Erosion
AS YOU SOW PRESS RELEASE – May 4, 2011 – This month resolutions filed by the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow will be voted on by shareholders at the annual meetings of three U.S. … MORE
