And they want Republicans to take note. But, right off the bat, can anyone think of a reason why companies would pimp ‘climate change’? This is from the Editorial Board, which still refuses to demand that the WP stop using fossil fuels to conduct their business
Wake up, Republicans. Even corporations are calling for action on climate change.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S global-warming denial is becoming the fringe view it always deserved to be. It is not just environmentalists who want to move on climate change. Big corporations — even oil companies — are increasingly calling for action, too.
Declaring that “climate change is a major threat to the U.S. economy,†a group of chief executives on Wednesday teamed up with several prominent environmental groups to call on President Trump and Congress to “put in place a long-term federal policy as soon as possible to protect against the worst impacts.†The group, called the CEO Climate Dialogue, endorsed cutting the country’s planet-warming greenhouse-gas emissions by 80 percent or more by 2050. That goal is too modest; the United Nations warns that world governments must get to net-zero emissions by mid-century. But just reaching the 80 percent goal would require a huge transformation in the U.S. economy — and also on the part of some of the big companies calling for it. These include BP, Royal Dutch Shell, DuPont, Dominion Energy and Ford. (snip)
This trend is explainable in part because the science — and therefore the need to act — is increasingly undeniable. But it is also in the long-term interest of major corporations to plan for the inevitable transition to come. Addressing global warming can be an orderly, careful process, or it can be an expensive emergency effort thrown together once the consequences start getting really dire — when time will be short and options few. “Business needs and supports predictable and effective climate policies including an economy-wide price on carbon,†the group said. That is the right policy. These companies can prove their sincerity by throwing their lobbying power behind it — not just issuing statements.
Pretending to be believers in ‘climate change’ and calling for action is all about …… $$$$$. Why would Ford really care? They’re doing away with almost all of their sedan lines, focusing almost exclusively on SUVs and pickup trucks, not exactly known for great gas mileage. Dominion Energy sees a way to get some good press and to make some extra money, especially if they can get some sweet, sweet taxpayer funds from government. Fossil fuels companies are just looking for ways to diversify their portfolios, along with some good will from idiots like on the WP Editorial Board, while continuing to do exactly what they’ve always done.
Seriously, every once in a while I slap a ‘climate change’ theme up on Cafe Press and pimp it, making some extra cash. Why wouldn’t companies, whose job is to make money, patronize Warmists to do just that?
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