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Article: Stanford to Press Exxon Mobil for Action Now on Global Warming, Despite Oil Company's Role in Global Climate and Energy Project

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May 17, 2007
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS

Contact: Patrick Mitchell, +1-703-276-3266, or pmitchell@hastingsgroup.com, for Kirk Miller and Sisters of St. Dominic

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concerned Stanford University alumni have succeeded in getting the Stanford Board of Trustee's Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility (APIR) to support a shareholder resolution pressuring Exxon Mobil to take immediate steps to reduce the giant oil company's contributions to global warming. The move by Stanford is notable since Exxon Mobil routinely cites its support for the Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) as a major reason for why it does not need to take short-term action ...

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