The Green Files > Investor push on climate change
[Sox First] More resolutions were voted this year than last, when four proposals went to a vote and two were withdrawn. Also, there were more proposals seeking greenhouse gas emissions reports on corporate ballots this season.
[Previous] First Day of First Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change...
[Next] Climate Change: Action or Oblivion ” Ban Ki Moon...
Some related posts from Technorati and Google.
[riskmetrics Group - Risk & Governance Blog] Postseason Review: Social ProposalsSubmitted by: L. Reed Walton ...: Meanwhile, Steven Milloys Free Enterprise Action Fund (FEAF)--a conservative investment group--submitted proposals asking companies to report on the effect of sustainability efforts on their operations. Milloy is skeptical about global climate change and it was evident in the proposals that FEAF opposes corporate action against global warming.
![]()
[The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future] DrumBeat: August 8, 2008: Climate change is no longer a distant possibility but a current reality. Loss from flooding and hurricanes is an all too frequent occurrence in many countries in the Region, particularly in cities where people and assets are concentrated.
[Monitor Power Costs] Spain to Put 1 million Electric Cars on the Road: Individual states have already begun to address the issue of climate change: Six states enacted mandatory greenhouse gas reduction laws; 13 states have set voluntary targets;
[Power Cost Meters - How & Why] Press Release: New Report Says Providing Water for Fish is the ...: Environmentalists plan to block one of two rail lines into the world’s biggest coal export port in Australia at the weekend, amid wrangling by rich nations over efforts to combat climate change, they said on Tuesday. Any disruption to coal shipments from the Newcastle port could give another boost to benchmark coal prices that are already near record highs at nearly $195 a tonne, having more than trebled in a year.
[newspoodle's posterous] various headlines: Henry Waxman (D-CA), who chairs the House Oversight Committee, the inspector general from the Small Business Administration (SBA) concluded in a report released Monday that the security company Blackwater Worldwide may have gotten as much as 39 contracts by misleadingly claiming they are a small business.
![]()
[TIM BLAIR BLOG: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON US http://timblair.spaces.live.com breaking news, community news, top stories news today.] snohomish county: Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon signed a proclamation Tuesday designating January as Mentoring Month. Surrounded by members and volunteers from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County, Reardon said the organization was one to be valued for the work that it accomplishes.
![]()
[Tim Blair always online! http://timjblair.spaces.live.com Military-Veterans-Media-Press News blog: Seattle, Washington US] tacoma: 'Alarming' plight of coral reefs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7498502.stm Writing in the journal Science, researchers say climate change, coastal development, overfishing, and pollution are the major threats. MARITIME ...
Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Government-policy: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati, Change: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati, The Green Files