OIL AND GAS: 42 percent of Williams shareholders back fracking resolution (Thursday, June 3, 2010)
Eryn Gable, special to E&E
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, the Tulsa, Okla.-based company revealed that 42 percent of voting shareholders supported the hydraulic fracturing proposal at its May 20 shareholder meeting. The result is one of the highest on record for a first-year environmental proposal, according to Larisa Ruoff of Green Century Capital Management, one of the proposal’s backers.
“Because of that strong vote, it sends a strong message to the company that shareholders are deeply concerned about the issue,” Ruoff said.
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