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Instead of preparing for the future (and securing success for shareholders and employees), @DukeEnergy’s corporate leadership is spending millions of dollars lobbying to maintain out-of-touch regulations and policies. Read the full story here: bit.ly/2VBsl4K
Next week @BlackRock will cast its vote at @exxonmobil’s shareholder meeting. BlackRock has a choice to make: Will they take steps to combat climate chaos and set the stage for others to do the same? Or will they keep us on the path towards climate catastrophe? ⚖️
Investor owned electric utilities @XcelEnergy @AvistaUtilities & @PNMtalk have already committed to full decarbonization by 2050 or sooner. Clean electricity is the key to fighting climate change — will @BlackRock ensure the dirtiest utilities do the same? bit.ly/2wa8riD
Nearly 130K activists led by @majorityact are calling on @BlackRock to hold corporate boards accountable on climate. As the biggest investor in the world BlackRock CAN advise other investors to act on this crisis – it's time for them to walk the talk. bit.ly/2WUnOaF
.@DukeEnergy is one of the electric-utility DINOSAURS driving a climate crisis through willful inaction on climate change. Shareholders like @blackrock MUST hold the board accountable by voting for transparency NOW. Read more here: bit.ly/2WlSJMS #BLKBigProblem
.@DukeEnergy leads the field in carbon pollution, but has NO long-term climate action plan AND a climate-denier on the board. We are calling on shareholders like
@blackrock to take a stand for climate and hold the board accountable. Meeting starts NOW!
.@DukeEnergy has a $10 BILLION bill to pay to clean up coal ash in North Carolina. When will they take environmental challenges seriously and create a NET ZERO climate action plan?? @MajorityAct are calling on shareholders to VOTE for accountability TODAY, May 2nd!
Three investor owned utilities - @XcelEnergy, @AvistaUtilities, and @PNMtalk - have already committed to full decarbonization by 2050 or even sooner. When will @DukeEnergy be doing the same?
.@DukeEnergy has an online-only shareholder meeting TODAY. We are sharing our questions for them here so we can hold them accountable for answering our questions.
TODAY we are calling on @DukeEnergy shareholders like @BlackRock to hold Duke’s leadership accountable
.@DukeEnergy does not disclose its anti-climate action lobbying - but without disclosure there’s no accountability. @MajorityAct are calling on shareholders to vote for accountability TOMORROW, May 2nd!
Climate Majority Project retweeted
If renewable energy use keeps growing at its current rate, the U.S. could achieve emission-free electricity by 2050. 🙌 on.nrdc.org/2FM7brW
Investors have asked 20 utilities to implement four key governance reforms in advance of their 2020 proxy statements to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest. ow.ly/EUX650ouuH1
#ClimateChange #CorpGov #Utilities
"The climate crisis is an imminent threat to our planet, to pension systems, and ultimately, our beneficiaries. Delaying climate action is like denying climate change." -- New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer
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@NYCComptroller #ClimateAction #ESG
Alarming report from the World Meteorological Organization. Extreme weather disasters impacted 62 million in 2018, Earth is about 2 degrees warmer than in late 1800s, past 4 years were warmest on record. ow.ly/peYm50ouedk
#ClimateChange #ESG #NetZero @WMO @USATODAY
Our webcast details the urgency of the climate crisis and how investors can push electricity generators to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. ow.ly/Q97D50ntuLq
#ClimateAction #ESG #SRI #CorpGov
The Schuylkill Township Board of Supervisors in Pennsylvania unanimously approved a resolution to transition the township to 100% renewable energy. 👏👏
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#ClimateActionNow #NetZero #ESG
This is why we are demanding the 20 largest publicly traded electricity generators commit to achieving net-zero carbon emissions.
@KaylaEpstein #CorpGov #ClimateChange
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Climate Majority Project retweeted
NEW REPORT: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a climate, environmental, & human rights boondoggle – & it’s 2 years behind schedule & billions over budget. Read our full briefing w/ @foe_us on @DomEnergyVA’s fracked gas disaster: priceofoil.org/acp-risk-upon…
#NoACP #KeepItInTheGround








