Not exact matches
Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation
and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for
and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances
and operations posed by the environmental, social
and economic challenges associated with the
oil sands»; a report of «known
and potential environmental impacts»
and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing
operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»;
and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing
total greenhouse
gas emissions.»
This company operates internationally as an «integrated»
oil and natural
gas company, although in reality, its exploration
and production
operations merely supplement its revenue stream with 16 % of
total 2012 sales, leaving the lion's share attributable to its U.S.
and U.K. - based downstream business.
The most recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates for greenhouse
gas emissions from the
oil and natural
gas sector, released last week, show that as the number of such facilities have increased in the U.S. between 2011
and 2014,
total greenhouse
gas emissions from
oil and gas operations have risen by about 6.2 percent.
However, Alberta environment office show that «greenhouse
gas» emissions from
oil sands plummeted 38 % between 1990
and 2009,
and are now 5 % of Canada's
total GHG emissions —
and equal to or lower than CO2 / GHG emissions from petroleum
operations in Nigeria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
and Venezuela.
Landfills were the major source of CH4
and accounted for about 38 % of
total emissions of about 3.7 Mt.. Other major sources of CH4 were:
oil and gas operations 29 %, livestock 27 %, coal mining 4 %,
and miscellaneous 1 %.