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The Man Whom Exxon Tried To Drill | After years of using shareholder votes to pressure oil giants on climate, one activist triggered a corporate backlash that is reshaping the limits of investor power (www.levernews.com)
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[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 26 points 1 month ago

Lmao, they really tried to sue shareholders for initiating a shareholder resolution at the regular vote.

[-] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 21 points 1 month ago

Exxon wanted to make an example out of them. If shareholders are allowed to do whatever they want, the oil business is screwed.

[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It’s Steven Donzinger, no?

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Good guess, but no. The article is worth a click

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