Concerns over unhealthy profits voiced during ExxonMobil Shareholders’ Meeting
June 2008· While mainstream media focused on ExxonMobil’s record profits and whether or not the person who chairs the board should also be chief executive officer, State and U.S. legislators and a member of the U.S. Congress took the time to hear from people who are suffering serious illness as a result of ExxonMobil refinery pollution that constantly permeates the air in their communities. An environmental justice hearing held the day before the company’s annual shareholder meeting helped bring clarity to the justice issues that are related to environmental pollution.

In National Week of Action Customers Deliver Dynegy Feedback: “No New Coal, Get Serious About Spring Cleaning.”
March 2008· As Sierra Club members and consumers around the country rally in their respective states this week as part of a National Week of Action to pressure Dynegy, a Houston-based utility, to move its investments away from their proposed coal-fired power plants and towards clean, renewable energy, the Houston Sierra Club and students from the Houston area will deliver hundreds of letters hand-written by citizens and customers, as well as present a “Spring Cleaning” performance at the front door of Dynegy’s corporate headquarters at 1000 Louisiana St.

ExxonMobil continues stance on global warming despite protests and shareholder resolutions
June 2007· Outside the 2007 ExxonMobil Shareholders meeting at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, protesters organized by Exxpose Exxon held banners saying No Planet, No Profits, Stop the Lies about Global Warming and other slogans that called for the company to acknowledge the impact it’s having on climate change, and do its part to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and invest in renewable energy.

Accommodating the Environment
August 2006· The idea first came to Patricia Griffin in 1993 on a trip to Europe. Griffin spotted a placard presenting guests in a German hotel with the option to hang their used towels or leave them on the floor. Inspired, Griffin returned to Houston and developed a towel card of her own. She sent sample cards to about 220 Houston area hotels. Several days later she received her first order from the Best Western Hotel in NASA, just outside of Houston and the "Green" Hotels Association® was officially in business.

ExxonMobil manages to avoid shareholders vote on global warming
June 2006· The ExxonMobil shareholders had fifteen resolutions to vote on at their annual meeting in May, and only one was indirectly related to globl warming. It was the first time in 10 years that the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) did not introduce resolutions on global warming.

ConocoPhillips Confronted at its 2006 Annual Shareholders meeting
May 2006· On May 10, Houston based ConocoPhillips, the nation’s third largest oil and gas company, held its annual shareholders meeting after celebrating a year of record profit. The meeting drew a crowd of people who confronted the company’s stance on environmental policies and human rights. Shareholders inside the meeting also challenged the company with record high votes for a resolution that requires a report on potential environmental damage that could result from drilling in environmentally sensitive areas.

Unprecedented support for climate change resolution at ExxonMobil’s 2005 Annual Meeting
June 2005· Record-high support for a climate change resolution surprised even presenters of the resolution at ExxonMobil’s Annual Shareholder meeting on May 25. The Kyoto Compliance Report Resolution calls for board of directors to undertake a comprehensive review on how it will meet greenhouse gas reductions targets in countries participating in the Kyoto Protocol. The unprecedented 28.3 percent vote for the resolution represents 1.5 billion shares with a market value of about $83.8 billion.

ExxonMobil 2004 Shareholders' Meeting
June 2004· On May 26, an annual meeting of ExxonMobil shareholders in Dallas drew protests outside the meeting and organized an effort inside the meeting of dissident shareholders who confronted management on the company’s global warming policy.