As we predicted earlier this year, it has become more difficult for companies to reach a negotiated compromise on or omit environmental proposals. We expected that, emboldened by the success of their proposals last year, proponents see less incentive to negotiate a withdrawal of their proposals. But the magnitude of the leap is striking. As of May 12th – when the most recent proxy voting results were filed – 70% of environmental proposals (26 out of 37) have come to a vote. This compares to 33% of proposals (13 out of 40) that came to a vote in the sam