Search Results

To Listen to Audio click the Play Button [beneath each segment] which varies based on the browser you are using.

May 30, 2017

Title: Oil and Climate Alarmism Don’t Mix for Shareholders
Topic: Shareholder Activism

Discussed by Steve Milloy
with Junk Science (www.JunkScience.com)

Steve Milloy is the author of “Scare Pollution: Why and How to Fix the EPA”. His article, “Oil and Climate Alarmism Don’t Mix for Shareholders” can be found here.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What is an “activist shareholder”? What influence on corporate policy can they exert?

Steve Milloy’s shareholder proposal to end all political activist shareholder proposals will be voted on at Exxon Mobil’s annual shareholder’s meeting. Listen as Steve explains why he is an “activist shareholder”.

Why does Exxon Mobil WANT to be regulated by the government?

How many activist shareholders does it take to exert sufficient pressure on a publicly traded corporation?

Is the management of Exxon Mobil (and other companies) simply trying to appease the shareholders without regard to the public and the good of the economy?

Are there examples of consequences for investors of oil and gas companies who failed to take climate activists seriously? Steve Milloy shares a specific example of a coal company that went bankrupt and the shareholders received nothing…

How can the “activist shareholders” be held in check?

More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization