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The media was all abuzz when a bunch of big corporations got together to form USCAP, a coalition supporting the implementation of a mandatory cap on carbon emissions in the U.S.
Why, big business has gone green! So the headlines said.
However, as a great BusinessWeek story today explains, many of those same companies are working hard behind the scenes to thwart or neuter the very efforts USCAP claims to support.
Trust but verify, as they say.
David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.
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GreyFlcn Posted 10:15 am
21 Feb 2008
That doesn't necessarily mean they actually want thorough legislation.
If anything, it's far easier to write a piece of legislation with crippling loopholes, than to avoid having any legislation at all.
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Now is it the 5 stages of grief.
http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/files/5StagesClimateGrief.htm
Or is it merely just another brick in the stonewalling?
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