Article: Exxon Mobil Boosters Outnumber Protesters at Shareholders' Meeting.

By Dan Piller, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 29--DALLAS -- Exxon Mobil Corp. shareholders again overwhelmingly rejected several shareholder resolutions aimed at fighting global warming and promoting renewable energy, corporate reform and gay and lesbian rights at their annual meeting.

But unlike previous years, supporters of the worldwide energy giant outnumbered protesters both in street demonstrations in front of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and inside at the microphones during the three-hour session Wednesday.

The spirit of many of the 1,000 in attendance was summed up by David Lake, ...

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