Comments on: Rockefellers Want Change! http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/04/30/rockefellers-want-change/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Chris Knight http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/04/30/rockefellers-want-change/#comment-63316 Chris Knight Thu, 01 May 2008 03:43:35 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4674#comment-63316 Judging the Rockefellers as positive oil people doesn't mean they'll be fully behind what needs to be done, i.e., creating a clean energy economy. They are too invested--literally--in the status quo. So we should accept that there are good oil people and bad oil people, but realize that they'll almost never be behind a truly radical economic transformation. There are, however, other economic sectors where financial interest is in the public interest, and who will be true allies. Judging the Rockefellers as positive oil people doesn’t mean they’ll be fully behind what needs to be done, i.e., creating a clean energy economy. They are too invested–literally–in the status quo. So we should accept that there are good oil people and bad oil people, but realize that they’ll almost never be behind a truly radical economic transformation. There are, however, other economic sectors where financial interest is in the public interest, and who will be true allies.

]]> By: Matt Maiorana http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/04/30/rockefellers-want-change/#comment-63314 Matt Maiorana Thu, 01 May 2008 00:26:43 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4674#comment-63314 Thanks for the comment Dana. I by no means am saying that the Rockefellers should be considered champions of the climate. But with roughly 300 active family members, there is a broad range of stances when it comes to energy policy. Specific family members who are working to create change at Exxon are Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, a great-granddaughter of Mr. Rockefeller, and Peter O'Neill, head of the family committee that meets with Exxon management. Despite negative acts by some Rockefellers (such as creating the fossil fuel industry as we know it), I do think it is very promising that there are family members who are now taking a public stand against what ExxonMobil is doing. This will encourage other shareholders in the company to take a stand as well. The WSJ goes into this a bit, discussing how the last years shareholder resolution to establish and independent chairman at ExxonMobil won 40% of shareholder votes. The article specifically talks about how this may encourage the Ford Foundation or Harvard College to take a stand. Students at Harvard College may want to look into some campaign work around this (for reference, the Sustainable Endowment Institute is all about this sort of work). Thanks for the comment Dana. I by no means am saying that the Rockefellers should be considered champions of the climate. But with roughly 300 active family members, there is a broad range of stances when it comes to energy policy. Specific family members who are working to create change at Exxon are Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, a great-granddaughter of Mr. Rockefeller, and Peter O’Neill, head of the family committee that meets with Exxon management.

Despite negative acts by some Rockefellers (such as creating the fossil fuel industry as we know it), I do think it is very promising that there are family members who are now taking a public stand against what ExxonMobil is doing. This will encourage other shareholders in the company to take a stand as well.

The WSJ goes into this a bit, discussing how the last years shareholder resolution to establish and independent chairman at ExxonMobil won 40% of shareholder votes. The article specifically talks about how this may encourage the Ford Foundation or Harvard College to take a stand. Students at Harvard College may want to look into some campaign work around this (for reference, the Sustainable Endowment Institute is all about this sort of work).

]]> By: Dana! http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/04/30/rockefellers-want-change/#comment-63308 Dana! Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:02:33 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4674#comment-63308 John D. Rockefeller IV aka Jay Rockefeller moved to WV in the 70's to get his family's money in coal. He's a real loser, gives the world's worst speeches, makes jokes about how rich he is in the poorest state in the US. Ha ha... When he was governor of WV, he didn't know that people paid income taxes. I could share info about how the Rockefeller family and the money they have in coal and how placing John D. IV in WV to be governor and then Senator was part of a plot to get more coal money, but I will just remind you all that when Rockefeller was Governor of WV he didn't know what income taxes were. John D. Rockefeller IV aka Jay Rockefeller moved to WV in the 70’s to get his family’s money in coal. He’s a real loser, gives the world’s worst speeches, makes jokes about how rich he is in the poorest state in the US. Ha ha… When he was governor of WV, he didn’t know that people paid income taxes.

I could share info about how the Rockefeller family and the money they have in coal and how placing John D. IV in WV to be governor and then Senator was part of a plot to get more coal money, but I will just remind you all that when Rockefeller was Governor of WV he didn’t know what income taxes were.

]]> By: Mickey Dubs http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/04/30/rockefellers-want-change/#comment-63302 Mickey Dubs Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:19:23 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4674#comment-63302 The upcoming administration could address these issues and so many more. If you have strong opinions about what you think the president should do, On Day One, the please visit http://www.OnDayOne.org/ and post what matters to you the most. The upcoming administration could address these issues and so many more.

If you have strong opinions about what you think the president should do, On Day One, the please visit http://www.OnDayOne.org/ and post what matters to you the most.

]]> By: lealupkin http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/04/30/rockefellers-want-change/#comment-63295 lealupkin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:41:11 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4674#comment-63295 Great to know some influential folks are pressuring the right people from inside of the system. Good article, Matt. Great to know some influential folks are pressuring the right people from inside of the system. Good article, Matt.

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