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New Wave of Shareholder Activism Aims to Make Corporations Behave Better--Whether They Like it Or Not

Leo Gerard, AlterNet. May 22, 2012.

Concerted action by shareholders, workers and public interest groups compelled corporate change in several other cases this spring as well.

Workers Battle ExxonMobil Over Safety at Baton Rouge Refinery

Roger Bybee, In These Times. May 13, 2012.

Oil giant ExxonMobil is refusing to implement safety protections for the workers at its Louisiana refinery.

The 5 Most Toxic Energy Companies and How They Control Our Politics

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 20, 2011.

Energy companies continue to rake in massive profits. They use this wealth to leverage elections, write legislation, scale back regulations and escape accountability.

Why Oil Companies May Be Our Best Hope for Climate Change Legislation in Congress

Peter Asmus, AlterNet. February 16, 2010.

But can environmentalists work with companies like ExxonMobil that have long personified what is wrong with corporate America?

In Biggest Oil Sale Ever, Iraqi Government to Put 40 Billion Barrels of Reserves Up For Grabs

Terry Macalister, Nicholas Watt, The Guardian. October 13, 2008.

BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are being given access to eight oil fields, which represent some 40 percent of Iraq's oil reserves.

Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater is Still in Charge, Deadly, Above the Law and Out of Control

Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. June 19, 2008.

Think Blackwater's days are numbered? Think again. Jeremy Scahill explains why its slaughter of Iraqis has not stopped the notorious mercenary firm.

AUDIO: ExxonMobil's CEO Channels Rumsfeld On Global Warming

David Sirota, June 1, 2007.

David Sirota: The CEO of the largest oil company on the planet resorts to Rumsfeldian contortions on global warming at his annual shareholder meeting.

ExxonMobil: Sex, Lies and Global Warming

Sara Whitman, Huffington Post. May 24, 2007.

ExxonMobil is refusing to change its employment policy to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. They claim they are already doing the right thing. But, given their record, how can we believe them?

Sex, Lies & Global Warming

Guest Blogger, May 22, 2007.

Sara Whitman: ExxonMobil continues to discriminate against sexual orientation in their hiring policy in spite of shareholder objections.

EarthTalk: ExxonMobil's Climate Contrarians

E MagazineApril 30, 2007.

How ExxonMobil paid scientists and economists to write articles trying to de-bunk global warming.

ExxonMobil costs Stanford a big donor

Evan Derkacz, March 12, 2007.

Anyone wanna buy a reputation?

ExxonMobil's War on Science

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Huffington Post. January 31, 2007.

With an elaborate network of phony think tanks and slick public relations firms, ExxonMobil has become today's Big Tobacco, defrauding the public and waging a war on science.

Confused about global warming? Thank ExxonMobil

Tara Lohan, January 4, 2007.

Tara Lohan: The petro giant was nabbed again in their plot to misinform the American people and muddy the scientific waters.

University Vows to Lock Out Students Opposed to ExxonMobil Exec\'s Commencement Speech

Asher Miller, December 31, 1969.