Over the past year, activism of the anti-fossil fuel variety has expanded in both shape and size. While motorways and art galleries have recently played host to the most attention-grabbing protests, corporate AGMs have increasingly provided a stage for escalated action. In addition to the evolving role of voting and resolutions, protests at Big Oil meetings this spring have built upon last year's efforts and used more innovative means to be heard. Holders of single shares stormed BP's annual meeting, interrupting chair Helge Lund's opening remarks, calling for the group to take respo...
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