Risky Climate
A To-Do List for the New Climate Activists on Exxon’s Board
After a week when three oil giants were forced to face climate urgency, a guide to what concrete change might look like.
Climate activists outside a New York courtroom in 2019 on the first day of an Exxon Mobil trial about global warming.
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Royal Dutch Shell lost a major climate lawsuit. The management of Chevron suffered defeat by shareholders who voted for setting an absolute reduction target for greenhouse gases. And, perhaps in the biggest coup of all, Exxon Mobil saw shareholders override management to appoint climate-minded board members.