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Consumers Energy – Coal – 2011
Shareholder Proposal on the Financial Risks of Reliance on Coal
CONSOL – Climate Change – 2013
Shareholders request CONSOL to prepare a report on the company’s goals and plans to address global concerns regarding fossil fuels and their contribution to climate change, including analysis of long and short term financial and … MORE
Anadarko Petroleum – Hydraulic Fracturing- 2011
Shareholders request that the Board of Directors prepare a report by October 2011, at reasonable cost
and omitting confidential information such as proprietary or legally prejudicial data, summarizing: 1)
Known and potential environmental impacts of Anadarko’s fracturing operations; and, 2) Policy options
for our company to adopt, above and beyond regulatory requirements and our company’s existing
efforts, to reduce or eliminate hazards to air, water, and soil quality from fracturing operations. MORE
Anadarko Petroleum – Hydraulic Fracturing – 2012
Shareholders request that the Board of Directors prepare a report to investors by September
2012, at reasonable cost and excluding confidential or legally prejudicial data, on the short‐term
and long‐term risks to the company’s operations, finances and gas exploration associated with
community concerns, known regulatory impacts, moratoriums, and public opposition to
hydraulic fracturing and related natural gas development. MORE
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.
The New York Times´ “Drilling Down” series
Articles in the “Drilling Down” series from The New York Times examine the risks of natural gas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry.
Pro Publica
This independent, nonprofit newsroom has been leading the investigative journalism on fracking since 2008.
Oil and Gas Accountability Project
This Earthworks project works for federal, state, and local reforms to serve drilling impacted communities around the country.
National Renewable Energy Labs
NREL is the only federal laboratory dedicated to the research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Gasland
This groundbreaking documentary focuses on communities in the United States impacted by the natural gas drilling method called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
EPA Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID)
eGRID is a comprehensive source of data on the environmental characteristics of almost all electric power generated in the United States.
CONSOL Energy
Consol Energy is an American energy company with interests in coal and natural gas production. It is the U.S.’s largest underground coal mining company. As You Sow has engaged with CONSOL Energy on issues related … MORE
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.
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.
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.
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
Ultra Petroleum
Ultra Petroluem Corporation is an independent energy company engaged in oil and natural gas exploration and production. As You Sow has engaged with Ultra Petroleum on issues related to hydraulic fracturing. Read more about our … MORE
Range Resources
Range Resources is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company As You Sow has engaged with Range Resources on issues related to hydraulic fracturing. Read more about our engagements with Range Resources below.
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
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Corporation is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is the world’s third largest company by revenue and the second largest publicly traded company by market capitalization. New Proxy Resolution Urges ExxonMobil to … 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
Anadarko
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is one of the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production companies. Record-Breaking Support for ‘Carbon Risk’ Resolution at Anadarko Petroleum – Our shareholder proposal asking Anadarko to address … MORE
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
As You Sow filed shareholder resolutions and engaged with electric power companies to encourage them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and replace coal with renewable energy resources. MORE
Will the Next Bubble Be Made Out of Carbon?
THOMASNET – May 31, 2013 – Concerns about the impact of carbon emissions are beginning to bleed onto the balance sheets of energy companies, even in this country where strategic engagement on the issue has … MORE
Frack Attack: Shareholders Demand More Disclosure
MOXY VOTE – May 27, 2011 – On Wednesday this past week, ExxonMobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) shareholders voiced their opinion about the companies’ hydraulic fracturing practices.
Exxon Facing Questions about Natural Gas Push
ASSOCIATED PRESS – May 25, 2011 – Exxon Mobil Corp.’s big push into natural gas is threatened by opposition to drilling techniques that have unlocked buried reserves. Now the oil giant is trying to change … MORE
Shareholders Press for More Disclosure from Fracking Companies
TRIPLE PUNDIT – May 23, 2013 – For the fourth year in a row, a group of shareholders has organized to pressure oil and gas companies to disclose and address the risks of a drilling … MORE
Top 5 Actions to Make a Difference in the Fight Against Climate Change
HUFFPOST GREEN – May 21, 2013 – Marjan Minnesma may be the most inspiring person you’ve never heard of, unless you live in the Netherlands as I do. A few years ago, Marjan got fed … MORE
Green Groups Renew Attack On Mining Companies, Citing IEA Study
CLIMATEWIRE – May 16, 2013 – Activist shareholders are asking one of the nation’s largest mining companies to disclose the risks it faces from the potential stranding of billions of short tons of coal in … MORE
Backlash over $6 Trillion Carbon Loss Begins as Investors Call for Action
NEW MODEL ADVISER – May 10, 2013 – A US energy firm is among the first to face a shareholder backlash over unburnable carbon.
RELEASE: Liu, Pension Funds to Exxon: Release Your Fracking Data
As You Sow Press Release
Ameren – Coal – 2012
Our 2012 resolution asked the company to report on the financial risks of continued reliance on coal for electricity generation.
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
Chevron – Hydraulic Fracturing – 2011
Our 2011 shareholder resolution requested the company to publish a report on the environmental risks of fracking and policy options the company can adopt to mitigate these risks. 40.5% of investors supported this resolution, an … MORE
Chevron – Hydraulic Fracturing – 2012
Our 2012 resolution, on the effects of community opposition and known regulatory impacts, received support from 27% of investors.
Fossil-Free Investment
As institutional investors such as university endowments begin divesting from coal and fossil fuel companies, there is a tremendous opportunity for carbon-free reinvesting to fund energy efficiency and clean technology and to speed the transition … MORE
Carbon Divestment
The United Nations is now calling for investors to validate the financial risk posed by unburnable carbon and climate change by divesting portfolios of fossil fuel stocks. Christina Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN … MORE
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.
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
Investors Demand Climate Action, Product Stewardship
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER – March 8, 2013 – Investors have filed 365 shareholder resolutions this year on environmental and social issues, with 38 percent of the proposals focusing on climate change, energy and corporate sustainability strategies, … MORE
