In a major victory for climate change activists, "Engine No. 1 has won at least two board seats at Exxon following a historic battle over the oil giant’s board of directors."
The new board members "will likely force [Exxon] to alter its fossil-fuel focused strategy and more directly confront growing shareholder concerns about climate change"
Engine No. 1 "called for Exxon to gradually diversify its investments to be ready for a world that will need fewer fossil fuels in coming decades"
Exxon "defended its strategy to expand drilling."
Engine No. 1 prevailed
"BlackRock Inc. backed three of Engine No. 1’s candidates, the Journal previously reported, and some of the largest U.S. pension funds also supported the activist’s slate"
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1. Millions of Americans have not been vaccinated yet because of very practical economic concerns.
Among the unvaccinated, 48% say they are concerned they "might need to miss work if the side effects of the vaccine make them feel sick for a day or more"
2. Among unvaccinated Americans taking a "wait-and-see" approach, nearly three-in-ten "say that they would be more likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine if their employer gave them paid time off to get vaccinated and recover from any side effects."
3. In April, Biden called on ALL EMPLOYERS to offer PTO to get vaccinated and recover. Small businesses get a tax credit to cover these costs. But big businesses are on the honors system.
After 1/6, @Ford said it would review its political contribution criteria in light of the violence
On 4/28, @Ford donated $2500 to @kevinomccarthy, who voted to overturn the election on January 6
@Ford@kevinomccarthy .@Ford also donated 15K to the @NRCC, which will support the reelection of 130+ Republicans House members who voted to overturn the election and 15K to the @NRSC, which is chaired by @SenRickScott, who voted to overturn the election
Tomorrow is another significant FEC filing deadline.
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UPDATE: Following a report by me and @nicksurgey, @Google acknowledges attending a private "working group" on "election integrity" with the @RSLC, a Republican group pushing voter suppression laws
@NickSurgey@Google@RSLC 2. @Google claims that its representative attended the working group "to understand whether our products would be discussed"
But that strains credulity
It was a briefing by the @RSLC's "Election Integrity Commission" which is chaired by 2 people pushing Trump's lies about 2020
3. @Google told Axios that "it donated to leadership groups of both parties in 2020 as part of an effort to inform the groups about the company's election tools and services"
Google also donated 20K to the @RSLC on 2/11/21, after the 1/6 riots
But internal documents obtained by Popular Information and Documented reveal that, privately, these companies are collaborating with a GOP group pushing voter suppression
@Google@Citi@Deloitte 2. According to an agenda obtained by me and @nicksurgey, representatives from @Google, @Citi, & @Deloitte participated in an April 6 "working group" on "election integrity" with the @RSLC, a major GOP pushing voter suppression laws around the country
"A Michigan lawmaker who's been at the center of efforts to question the 2020 election introduced a bill Tuesday that would require "fact checkers" to register with the state."
"The bill requires qualifying fact checkers to file proof of a $1 million fidelity bond with the Secretary of State's office"
"An 'affected person' could bring a civil action in any county district court to claim the bond for 'any wrongful conduct that is a violation of the laws of this state.'"