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Cap and Evade
Companies not following through on pledge to lobby for carbon reduction |
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22 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:48 PM on 22 Feb 2008 Companies participating in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership have pledged to lobby for a mandatory cap on U.S. carbon emissions, but -- and there's always a but -- many of those same corporations are working behind the scenes to undermine greenhouse-gas regulation. Just a few examples: USCAP members General Electric and Caterpillar sit on the board of a group called the Cente ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, Department of Commerce, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics (all these topics) |
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