If you test to ideate the most pathetic gathering of humans ever , it would believably look a lot like this group of mass who have amassed their luck by stripping the Earth of its fossil fuel and are desperately trying to squeeze the last pant of relevance out of abackwards - thinking , planet - strangling industry .
This good morning , ExxonMobil prevail its yearly shareholder meeting at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas , Texas . This meeting was seemingly focused on the clime crisis , something which Exxonhas most likely exacerbated . But that does n’t mean that all of Exxon ’s investors are bad the great unwashed . Some of them aredemandingthat the corporation make big change , not only to contend in the existence ’s energy marketplace , but also to prevent the inevitable destruction of that macrocosm itself .
There were11 bill relate to climate changethat were voted on today . We already have it off that in advance of today ’s meeting , Exxon actively encouraged its shareholders tovote against any clime - related insurance policy . So the fact that all of the climate - related measures were voted down are not all that surprising . Still , here they are , the most disturbing and outrageous outcomes from Exxon ’s fossil fuel lovefest .
Just in : Exxon shareholders vote down a measure require a theme on how climate insurance policy might impact the company . 61.8 % against .
— Eric Holthaus ( @EricHolthaus)May 25 , 2016
At Exxon get together , 81 percent of investors voted against a insurance policy to limit globular heating to 2 - degrees Anders Celsius ; 18 per centum vote for it .
— Collin Eaton ( @CollinEatonHC)May 25 , 2016
At Exxon meeting , 79 per centum of shareholders vote against marriage proposal to put a mood expert on the board of directors .
LOL there ’s a climate denier speaking at Exxon shareholder ’s meeting . " If y' all do n’t care Exxon why do n’t you buy solar stock?"#ExxonAGM
— Melissa Cronin ( @melissa_cronin)May 25 , 2016
Exxon CEO : We necessitate breakthroughs in energy tech , " but until we have those , just read ' ferment the hydrant off ' is not acceptable to humanity "
— Ed Crooks ( @Ed_Crooks)May 25 , 2016
Then he said : “ The world is going to have to stay using fossil fuels , whether they care it or not . ”
Hey , as has happened every year since 1990 , all climate resolutions at Exxon one-year mtg resoundingly vote down . Maybe now we can deprive ?
— Bill McKibben ( @billmckibben)May 25 , 2016
NEW : Exxon shareholders fine bill that could put climate expert on board at#ExxonAGM$XOM61.9 % supporting , vs boardhttps://t.co/tLyEL695Et
— Joel Kenrick ( @joelkenrick)May 25 , 2016
Even though the move to put a clime expert on the circuit board was voted down , in a rare second of clarity , voter approved what ’s called a proxy memory access measure , which is actually very sound . It means that shareholders with a minority stake could finally work together to nominate a climate scientist to become a theater director . Eventually . Someday .
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