General Motors urges Obama and Congress to unite on climate change
General Motors called on Barack Obama and Congress to work together on climate change on Wednesday, saying the effort would be good for business. "We want to be a change agent in the auto industry," Mike Robinson, GM vice-president of sustainability and global regulatory affairs, said in a statement.
GM, which makes the plug-in Chevy Volt, was the first of the big three car makers to sign on to a new push from the business world for greater action on global warming from Washington, the Climate Declaration. The declaration, now endorsed by 40 companies, was launched in Washington last month with the aim of capitalising on public concern about climate change after Hurricane Sandy and Obama's re-election in the hope of pushing a climate law through Congress.
Obama began his second term pledging action on climate change. But Congress was unmoved by his appeal in his state of the union address to work on a law that would cut the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
A majority of Republicans oppose action on climate change, or discount the science behind climate change.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/01/gm-obama-congress-climate-change
If Obama really want republicans in Congress to take action on climate change, he should come out publicly against it. Republicans might then reflexively vote for action on climate change just to prevent Obama from 'winning', before they realize what they are doing. 