BG Group, ENI, Pemex, PTT, Southwestern Energy, Statoil, Total pledge to cut methane emissions in UN climate initiative

Author: Ed King, RTCC (Responding to Climate Change) (UK)

"Oil companies register UN climate commitments", 20 August 2015...

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• Related companies: BG Group (part of Shell) BP Eni Equinor (formerly Statoil) Pemex PTT Shell Southwestern Energy Total

Rejoinders by First Peoples Worldwide to 6 firms regarding their indigenous rights practices: Cliffs, ExxonMobil, Freeport-McMoRan, Kosmos Energy, Newmont, Southwestern Energy

Author: First Peoples Worldwide

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• Related companies: Cliffs Natural Resources ExxonMobil Freeport-McMoRan Kosmos Energy Newmont Goldcorp Southwestern Energy

Response by Southwestern Energy: "Indigenous Rights Risk Report" highlights financial & shareholder risks of failure to respect indigenous rights by extractive companies.

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• Related stories: First Peoples Worldwide Indigenous Rights Risk Report 2013 - Company responses & non-responses
• This is a response from the following companies: Southwestern Energy

The Next Financial Bubble: Indigenous Peoples Rights - Report Exposes Risk to Shareholders When Indigenous Rights Are Ignored

Author: First Peoples Worldwide

[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Apache, Chevron, Cliffs, EOG, ExxonMobil, Freeport-McMoRan, Kinder Morgan, Kosmos Energy, Murphy, Newmont, Southern Copper [part of Grupo México], Soutwestern Energy, WPX to respond to the report....

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• Related stories: First Peoples Worldwide Indigenous Rights Risk Report 2013 - Company responses & non-responses
• Related companies: Apache Chevron Cliffs Natural Resources EOG Resources ExxonMobil Freeport-McMoRan Grupo México Kinder Morgan Inc. Kosmos Energy Murphy Oil Newmont (formerly Newmont Goldcorp) Southern Copper (part of Grupo México) Southwestern Energy WPX Energy

Investors Challenge 18 Oil and Gas Companies on Climate Change, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Sustainability Risks

Author: CERES

Leading U.S. investors...announced they have filed shareholder resolutions with Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips and 14 other oil and gas companies, pressing them to disclose their plans for managing environmental and workplace...

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• Related companies: Anadarko (now part of Occidental Petroleum) Cabot Oil & Gas Chesapeake Energy Chevron ConocoPhillips EOG Resources ExxonMobil Noble Energy Occidental Petroleum Southwestern Energy Ultra Petroleum

Gas Fracking Poses Serious Environmental Risks, Panel Finds [USA]

Author: Jim Efstathiou Jr., Bloomberg

Natural-gas companies risk causing serious environmental damage from hydraulic fracturing unless they commit to the best engineering practices, a task force named by Energy Secretary…concluded. Regulations to protect public health will work best when...

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• Related companies: Chesapeake Energy Southwestern Energy

Pennsylvania Families Sue Southwestern Energy on Shale Drilling [USA]

Author: Jim Efstathiou, Bloomberg

Thirteen families in northeastern Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against Southwestern Energy Co. alleging that the company’s drilling for natural gas has contaminated drinking water. Southwestern spoiled water wells by hydraulic fracturing, a process...

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[PDF] Carbon Disclosure Project 2010 Global 500 Report

Author: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Carbon Disclosure Project

In 2010, the CDP asked the world’s 500 largest public companies in the FTSE Global Equity Index Series...to demonstrate that they are taking action on climate change. This report, prepared by CDP’s global adviser, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), analyzes...

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