In a rational global economy not entirely driven by short-term profit maximization, the collective body politic of all nations would have applied the precautionary principal to the threat of climate change twenty years ago. We’d now be celebrating the fruits of two decades of aggressive efficiency measures, phased down fossil fuel use, and the mass […]

Whereas: ExxonMobil Corp. “is the world’s largest petroleum and petrochemical
enterprise,” and “largest net producer of hydrocarbons in Europe”;
“ExxonMobil recognizes that the impact of greenhouse gas emissions [GHG] on society and ecosystems may prove to be significant”;
ExxonMobil faces potential strategic challenges from “the competitiveness of alternative hydrocarbon or other energy sources” (2006 10K);
Leaders of 25 corporations, […]

Whereas: Anadarko’s operates in four countries worldwide that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which obliges industrialized countries to reduce national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 1990 levels by 2012, and provides financial incentives for non-industrialized participants to reduce their GHG emissions.Since Kyoto was adopted, the urgent need for action to prevent the most damaging effects […]

Whereas
Due to the international requirements of the Kyoto Protocol, ConocoPhillips is facing unprecedented pressure to reduce emissions and meet clean energy demands, and growing public pressure to make significant emissions reductions.
To avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change, experts believe that we must hold CO2 emissions at or near 2004 levels for the […]

WHEREAS:
In 2005, the scientific academies of 11 nations, including the U.S., stated that, “The scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action. It is vital that all nations identify cost-effective steps that they can take now, to contribute to substantial and long-term reductions in net global greenhouse […]

WHEREAS, international energy companies face unprecedented pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Nations implementing the Kyoto Protocol are committed to significant reductions.

The Guardian (10/07/04) reported: “Exxon… saw its greenhouse gas emissions jump 2% last year to 135.6m tones” and that “an Exxon spokesman admitted that the company had no targets for reductions in […]

WHEREAS:
The American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest organization of earth, ocean and climate scientists, states it is now “virtually certain” that global warming is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and that the warming will continue.
A 2004 report by the Bush Administration’s Climate Change Science Program stated that increases in human-derived GHG emissions are […]

WHEREAS: In the past two years higher, more volatile fuel prices in the U.S. has changed the purchasing patterns of consumers disrupting the financial health of our company. The latest federal projections suggest gasoline prices will be significantly higher over the next decade (Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook, 2006).
In the U.S., passenger cars and […]

RESOLVED that shareholders of Wells Fargo and Co. request that the Board of Directors report to shareholders by October 2006 on the effect on our company’s business strategy of the challenges created by global climate change.  The report should include, but need not be limited to, a discussion of the effects of (a) rising public […]

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In the U.S., passenger cars and light trucks account for one-fifth of all annual U.S. carbon dioxide emissions linked to climate change.
 
General Motors bears the auto industry’s highest “carbon burden” – or total carbon dioxide emissions associated with its fleet, due in part to the poor fuel efficiency of its products, not the size of […]