Why are fossil fuel companies sponsoring the Paris climate talks?

[ellenrr]

...In particular, CAI’s (Corporate Accountability International) report calls out three COP21 sponsors: Engie, a European electric utility company that is the continent’s largest importer of natural gas; EDF, a French electric utility that operates several major coal-fired power plants; and BNP Paribas, a multinational bank with billions of dollars invested in coal mines and coal-fired power plants.

All three have massive greenhouse gas footprints, according to the report. CAI also points out that the utility companies have participated in lobbying organizations that promote the use of fossil fuels. Meanwhile, another activist group has taken aim at corporate greenwashing with a slate of billboard ads across Paris mocking energy and transportation companies that purport to be progressive, while continuing to pollute.

http://grist.org/climate-energy/why-are-fossil-fuel-companies-sponsoring-the-paris-climate-talks/?utm_content=buffer40394&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[SamKnause]

1. MONEY

[Laelth]

2. They bought a seat at the table. n/t

-Laelth

[hatrack]

3. Not exactly something new . . .

Goes back to Rio and even before that.

[Octafish]

4. Same reason they sponsor Wall Street-on-the-Potomac.

Guaranteed results.