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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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 Posted - 06/12/2005 : 11:24:11
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It looks like some major american corporations are not in agreement with Bush's policies on green house gasses. They believe that Bush is wrong and that tougher regulations are needed. Since these are some of the corporations that Bush is trying to protect, I found this article to be very interesting.
From an article that appears today in the business section of the Los Angeles times: A Shift to Green
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American corporations are increasingly calling for action on global warming, sensing a business opportunity in cutting greenhouse gases while hoping to shape regulations they believe are inevitable.
Bucking the Bush administration's position that tougher rules would harm the U.S. economy, Fortune 500 companies including General Electric Co., Duke Energy Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in recent months have championed stronger government measures to reduce industrial releases of carbon dioxide, the main heat-trapping gas that scientists have linked to rising temperatures and sea levels.
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"We're not there yet in the House, quite frankly. These businesses are way ahead of us," said Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-N.Y.), who supports a federal program to reduce greenhouse gases. The Bush administration stance "happens to be wrong," he added, but he expressed optimism that it could change as dissenting businesses become more vocal.
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Tim
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/14/2005 : 14:37:39 [Permalink]
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Considering the recent beef over the fillibuster, it does appear that the administration has recently been losing a little traction with the corporate jugernaut that's been bank rolling it. Unfortunately, we're still a very long way from a real split.
I am happy to see that a few corporations are starting to see what our actions are doing to the bottom line of a few years into the future. |
"We got an issue in America. Too many good docs are gettin' out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their -- their love with women all across this country." Dubya in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 9/6/2004
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