The Union of Concerned Scientists is urging BlackRock, Vanguard, state treasurers, and other major investors to vote for climate-critical shareholder proposals and against laggard corporate leadership at ExxonMobil. Here are four reasons why.
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Four Things to Know and a Word of Caution about EPA’s Climate Change Indicators Website Reboot Wikimedia Commons; AP/Ross Franklin; NASA
Four Things to Know and a Word of Caution about EPA’s Climate Change Indicators Website Reboot
Kristy Dahl, senior climate scientist | May 17, 2021, 2:12 pm EDT
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first updates to its Climate Change Indicators website since 2016, when the previous administration halted the regular updates that had been a feature of the site for years. By tracking the progression of climate change across different human and natural systems, the website provides an accessible place for planners and the public to explore data generated primarily by federal agencies on climate change and its impacts on our lives. Here are four things to know and one word of caution about EPA’s updated Climate Change Indicators resource.
Challenging BP, ConocoPhillips, Shell to Accelerate Climate Action at their Annual Meetings
Ben van Beurden, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell in 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal
Challenging BP, ConocoPhillips, Shell to Accelerate Climate Action at their Annual Meetings
Kathy Mulvey, climate accountability campaign director | May 11, 2021, 10:34 am EDT
Annual general meetings (AGMs, also known as annual shareholders’ meetings) of major oil and gas companies targeted by UCS’s campaign begin with ConocoPhillips and BP this week and Royal Dutch Shell next week. ExxonMobil and Chevron follow at the end of the month. After the last year of Big Oil companies grabbing pandemic bailouts, publicizing dubious “net-zero” pledges, and getting hit with even more climate lawsuits, we’ve got some questions about how they’re conducting their business.