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Ecomagination and coal
As long as GE funds coal, its net impact is far from green |
David Roberts |
17 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Let me pull a few excerpts from a recent WSJ story on the progress of GE's much-touted "ecomagination" campaign: 'I don't want to change the economic flow of the company,' [CEO Jeffrey] Immelt says. So GE continues to sell coal-fired steam turbines and is delving deeper into oil-and-gas production. Meanwhile, its finance unit seeks out coal-related investments including power plants, which are a leading cause of carbon-dioxide emissions in the U.S. ... ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations (all these topics) |
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