Industrial Giants Now Worried About Global Warming
- Date: 2007-02-20 - Word Count: 413
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The debate on global warming, what is left of it, is often categorized as the far left versus business. Such a characterization is incorrect as shown by the US Climate Action Partnership.
The debate on global warming is more or less over. The finer points are still contested, but there is little debate the planet is warming, a development that will cause climate change. The debate, itself, however, has often been sidetracked by the parties involved. Simply put, is this just one of those arguments that pits the left versus the right in our country. After all, can either side really agree on anything? Well, the global warming debate is not a left versus right argument as show by the US Climate Action Partnership.
The US Climate Action Partnership is pretty much what it sounds like - a group calling for mandatory caps on greenhouse emissions. So, what makes it different from any other group with the same goal? The parties comprising the Partnership. Ready to be surprised? The include some of the large corporations in the world including, but not limited to, Caterpillar, Alcoa, Dupont, General Electric, and Lehman Brothers. These companies are pillars in the business world, and hardly tie-dye wearing hippies.
The partnership is taking a unique view of the global warming situation. Instead of fighting it at every turn, they believe it not only exists, but is an opportunity. The partnership is calling for mandatory emissions reductions and caps. At the same time, it is trying to focus big business and government on the technological and economic opportunities available.
Whining about global warming will not motivate big business to change its conduct according to the Partnership. Given this assumption, the Partnership is taking another approach. It is arguing that this is an economic opportunity for companies. By making mandatory emission restrictions, big business will be presented with the economic opportunity to develop and sell new technology that addresses the new environmental situation.
So, is all of this a lot of hot air? Well, it is always hard to know with most of these partnerships. In the case of this one, however, the companies seem to be acting. General Electric, for instance, has invested hundreds of millions into renewable energy platforms. BP [British Petroleum] has opened up a subsidiary in the US that deal only with renewable energy and invested millions in solar and wind power. All and all, these companies seem serious.
Rick Chapo is with SolarCompanies.com - global warming articles.
The debate on global warming is more or less over. The finer points are still contested, but there is little debate the planet is warming, a development that will cause climate change. The debate, itself, however, has often been sidetracked by the parties involved. Simply put, is this just one of those arguments that pits the left versus the right in our country. After all, can either side really agree on anything? Well, the global warming debate is not a left versus right argument as show by the US Climate Action Partnership.
The US Climate Action Partnership is pretty much what it sounds like - a group calling for mandatory caps on greenhouse emissions. So, what makes it different from any other group with the same goal? The parties comprising the Partnership. Ready to be surprised? The include some of the large corporations in the world including, but not limited to, Caterpillar, Alcoa, Dupont, General Electric, and Lehman Brothers. These companies are pillars in the business world, and hardly tie-dye wearing hippies.
The partnership is taking a unique view of the global warming situation. Instead of fighting it at every turn, they believe it not only exists, but is an opportunity. The partnership is calling for mandatory emissions reductions and caps. At the same time, it is trying to focus big business and government on the technological and economic opportunities available.
Whining about global warming will not motivate big business to change its conduct according to the Partnership. Given this assumption, the Partnership is taking another approach. It is arguing that this is an economic opportunity for companies. By making mandatory emission restrictions, big business will be presented with the economic opportunity to develop and sell new technology that addresses the new environmental situation.
So, is all of this a lot of hot air? Well, it is always hard to know with most of these partnerships. In the case of this one, however, the companies seem to be acting. General Electric, for instance, has invested hundreds of millions into renewable energy platforms. BP [British Petroleum] has opened up a subsidiary in the US that deal only with renewable energy and invested millions in solar and wind power. All and all, these companies seem serious.
Rick Chapo is with SolarCompanies.com - global warming articles.
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