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Entergy – Coal – 2011

Shareowners request that Entergy’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 cleaner … MORE >

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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 >

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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 >

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Consumers Energy – Coal – 2011

Shareholder Proposal on the Financial Risks of Reliance on Coal

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The Toll from Coal

This report by the Clean Air Task Force provides data quantifying the health effects attributable to pollution from coal-fired power plants.

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Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy Inc. is an electricity and natural gas utility holding company. As You Sow has engaged with Xcel on issues related to coal. Read more about our engagements with Xcel Energy below.

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Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)

Public Service Enterprise Group is a publicly traded diversified energy company. As You Sow has engaged with PSEG on issues related to coal. Read more about our engagements with PSEG below.

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Entergy

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged in electric power production and transmission. As You Sow has engaged with Entergy on issues related to coal. Read more about our engagements with Entergy below.

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CMS Energy

CMS Energy is a public utility that provides natural gas, electricity, and nuclear power in Michigan. As You Sow has engaged with CMS on issues related to coal and coal ash. Read more about our … MORE >

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FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy Corporation is a diversified energy company involved in generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. Shareholders Vote for Greenhouse Gas Reductions at Midwest Utilities Calling for Climate Action, Shareholders Ask FirstEnergy and Great Plains Energy … MORE >

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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 >

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Ameren – Coal – 2012

Our 2012 resolution asked the company to report on the financial risks of continued reliance on coal for electricity generation.

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Ameren – Coal – 2013

Our 2013 resolution asks for a report on the strategies and quantitative goals to reduce water use and thermal impacts on receiving waterways from the company’s power generation and operations. We negotiated a withdrawal of … MORE >

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Electric Utilities Must Reduce Their Climate Risks

THE GUARDIAN – April 16, 2013 – In 2011 and 2012, 43 states were affected by extreme weather events that racked up more than $1bn in damages each.

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First-Time Shareowner Resolutions Address Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets

SMART PLANET – March 11, 2013 – As You Sow and the Unitarian Universalist Association have filed shareowner resolutions with two large coal companies, requesting that they report on material impact of reserves that must … MORE >

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Ameren

Ameren Corporation is a holding company for several regional power and energy companies. As You Sow has engaged with Ameren on issues related to coal-fired power generation. Read more about our engagements with Ameren below.

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As You Sow: Coal Investments, Shale Gas, a Bad Bet

DE SMOG BLOG – October 23, 2012 – In a missive titled “White Paper: Financial Risks of Investments in Coal,” As You Sow concludes that coal is becoming an increasingly risky investment with each passing … MORE >

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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 >

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Utilities Face Scrutiny for Coal Reliance

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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 >

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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…

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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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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 >

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PacifiCorp’s Reliance on Coal Plants Brings Utility to Expensive Juncture

THE OREGONIAN – June 25, 2011 – When it comes to power plant pollution, the spotlight in Oregon has been fixed on Portland General Electric and its plan to shut the Boardman coal plant by … MORE >

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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 >

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Advocacy Group Says Coal Is Risky

UPI – June 6, 2011 – Regulatory uncertainty, market volatility and construction costs make coal a risky financial investment, said U.S. advocacy group As You Sow.

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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 >

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Filing Shows CMS Energy CEO Pay Disparity

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