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May 19, 2005
A Tipping Point?
Increasingly, corporate giants like Jeffrey Immelt (CEO of General Electric, the largest company in the United States), want mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions. Here's a NY Times editorial. And a lengthier thoughtful piece in Grist magazine.
There's something ironic about profit-driven corporations practically begging the federal government for regulation and clear rules, when DC leadership is still pretending there's no scientific consensus on climate change or any important international consensus on what to do about it.
Posted by Eric de Place | Permalink
Comments
Now that is interesting indeed.
Posted by: David Sucher | May 19, 2005 8:15:03 PM
It's ironic, but not altogether uncommon. For instance, the adoption of federal appliance efficiency standards for refrigerators, air-conditioners, etc., was boosted by the support of appliance makers, who decided they'd rather face a single uniform regulation than a patchwork of state standards.
See this testimony by the NRDC's David Goldstein for a fuller account: http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/tdg0796.asp
Of course, the extreme backwardness of the current adminstration on this issue does buoy the irony to unaccustomed heights.
Posted by: Seth Zuckerman | May 19, 2005 9:49:28 PM
Could Immelt's position have something to do with this?
http://www.ge.com/nuclear/
Posted by: Clark Williams-Derry | May 20, 2005 11:22:01 AM