A number of US corporate CEOs push against Trump's anti-climate change policies
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[quote]From his claim that global warming was a gigantic hoax masterminded by China to his promise to pull the United States out of the landmark Paris agreement, Donald Trump’s surprise election win was widely decried by those who feared that recent progress in tackling climate change was about to come undone.
But a growing number of environmentally friendly American businesses – including major airlines and banks, as well as energy, tech and pharmaceutical companies – are pushing back against the president-elect’s attempts to dismiss climate change concerns and are planning to take the lead in the drive to make the US a worldwide leader at slowing or reversing the damage.
At the first Companies vs Climate Change conference in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday,[B] a succession of company executives, sustainable business experts and environmental activists spoke of the need for corporate America to step up efforts to help guide policy and fight what many see as the biggest threat facing the world today.[/B]
“If they don’t then the people who are hellbent on rescinding regulations and just allowing the market to function without any guardrails are likely to undo all the progress that the United States has made over the past 70 years,” said Richard Eidlin, vice-president of policy and campaigns for the lobbying group American Sustainable Business Council.
“Businesses that are in favour of addressing climate change, and maintaining environmental safeguards need to really express their views and express the business case for doing so. Not only is it good for them, and they’re generating profit and mitigating their risk, but what is just as important is stepping into the policy process.”
The three-day summit, which brought together [B]executives from companies including TD Bank, Citigroup, Nasdaq, Ingersoll Rand, Bright Power, United and Alaska Airlines,[/B] was arranged before Trump’s presidential election victory on 8 November. But because of that, the event became more poignant and provided companies a greater sense of urgency, according to Jason Youner, chief executive of solveclimatechange.com.
“Complaining about the election and the incoming administration doesn’t help anybody. We’re not here to debate whether there is climate change. We’re here to try to save the world, because the government’s not going to,” he said.[/quote]
[url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/01/climate-change-donald-trump-us-companies[/url]
Glad to see that somebody's fighting back.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;51456388]Glad to see that somebody's fighting back.[/QUOTE]
Wow, Trump isn't in office yet and is already forcing positive change. In all the wrong ways but still its positive change
Do note that there are no coal or oil industry leaders at this meeting, unfortunately.
[QUOTE=Guriosity;51456451]Wow, Trump isn't in office yet and is already forcing positive change. In all the wrong ways but still its positive change[/QUOTE]
it's like the unbearable scent of garbage telling you to take out the trash
Because when it comes down to it, being green also saves money.
Trump is brilliant.
Be such a shit president that everyone else in the country has to step up to make sure the planet doesn't descend into madness.
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;51456571]Trump is brilliant.
Be such a shit president that everyone else in the country has to step up to make sure the planet doesn't descend into madness.[/QUOTE]
congress*
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;51456571]Trump is brilliant.
Be such a shit president that everyone else in the country has to step up to make sure the planet doesn't descend into madness.[/QUOTE]
68 dimensions of trump the board game
I'm glad that the american citizens that politicians actually care about are taking a stand :v:
[QUOTE=Mining Bill;51457101]I'm glad that the american citizens that politicians actually care about are taking a stand :v:[/QUOTE]
Imagine if an oil tycoon started opening solar plants and wind farms and making bank off of it
How fast would a government mandated switch to green energy happen
[QUOTE=piddlezmcfuz;51457359]Imagine if an oil tycoon started opening solar plants and wind farms and making bank off of it
How fast would a government mandated switch to green energy happen[/QUOTE]
Slowly, unless you want to completely fuck over large portions of people.
the alternative being quickly, unless you want to completely fuck over large portions of people
[QUOTE=Lambeth;51456502]Because when it comes down to it, being green also saves money.[/QUOTE]
Sometimes, anyway
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;51457373]Slowly, unless you want to completely fuck over large portions of people.[/QUOTE]
No it wouldn't. If we stopped pushing oil so hard and changed to solar, wind and nuclear we would actually create jobs, a large amount of which require little to no training, and a very significant number require only 1-2 years of training. Which means higher paying jobs and labour jobs are both created and maintained. What labour jobs are we talking about? Installation and maintenance mainly, etc. Stuff your average oil field rat is CV easily capable of doing assuming they're not the oil field version of Lenny from Of Mice and Men.
Imagine right, we install solar panels on every building in the country, that's our goal. How many buildings is that? Even after the ones that aren't profitable are eliminated from the list, a fucking lot. Now we have to add manufacturing to the list too, lots of jobs there. Transportation of supplies, jobs. Construction of new plants, recycling the redundant oil and gas systems we no longer need, etc.
Hanging onto oil by the balls is a low job volume setup entirely controlled by the Saudis and other middle eastern countries. Remember before they artificially inflated oil prices and fraking wasn't actually profitable? They do do that again. Foreigners control the profitability of the oil industry, no one controls the sun or wind. And nuclear is by far profitable enough as it stands with in country mines, etc.
Imagine waking up tomorrow and the Saudis decided to click the switch from 1 to 10 on the oil fields and now oil is $10 a barrel and everyone is out of a job, corporations face going under. Wanna fuck over large amounts of people's lives? Continue putting huge dependency in oil.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;51457373]Slowly, unless you want to completely fuck over large portions of people.[/QUOTE]
Fuck them, honestly. It's the difference between fucking over a few million people and fucking over a few billion people. Oil industry needs to go.
Fucking over a few million people is preferable to entire countries literally sinking below the waves
businesses need to stop funding or demand change from their lobby groups such as ALEC as well. corporate america almost exclusively is responsible for our terrible terrible right wing anti-intillectual movement because they have funded counter science groups for decades and made it a platform to reverse or oppose regulations based on science and public good.
its too little too late to stop climate change but if exxon were to say... rescind their funds from all their anti GW friends in congress, inhof would probably change his stance over night
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;51457373]unless you want to completely fuck over large portions of people.[/QUOTE]
Well I mean, we elected Trump.
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