Big Business Urges Urgent G8 Global Warming Action

[Barrett808]

LONDON - Big business added its voice on Thursday to a growing crescendo of calls on the governments of the world's richest nations to take urgent action to curb potentially catastrophic global warming.

The call follows a similar appeal from the world's top scientists and comes four weeks before leaders of the Group of Eight -- along with China, Brazil, South Africa, India and Mexico -- meet in Scotland to discuss the climate crisis.
"We share the belief that climate change poses one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century," said moguls from multinationals including car maker Ford, airline British Airways, bank HSBC, electricity generator EdF and oil major BP.

"We agree that the science is sufficiently compelling to warrant action by both the private and public sector, and ... action must be initiated now," the business moguls said in a statement issued in London.

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http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/31198/story.htm

[acmavm]

1. Don't see any American oil or energy companies lining up here.

I don't think we will either.

[Kipling]

2. BP and Ford are surprising, though....

I would expect Shell to sign up. I can't really think of any US energy companies except Exxon.

[funflower]

4. The Ford CEO/heir is apparently quite an environmentalist.

[Geo55]

6. B* Cheney = Big Oil - Big Corporate = COOK THE PLANET !

Them getting involved ?.....lol , not even in a LSD hallucination.

[funflower]

3. Imagine this.... Meanwhile, U.S. President Al Gore issued a statement

expressing his full support for the scientists' recommendations. Since 2001, the United States government has taken the lead among developed nations in reducing greenhouse emissions, challenging its European and Asian allies to cooperate in developing new technologies and infrastructures that will enable environmentally sound development throughout the world...

:cry:

[getmeouttahere]

5. How about some action, gentlemen?

Pony up the dough for research and development of alternative fuels, and then I'll believe that they are willing to do something about it.

[walkon]

7. If you belonged to a cult

Where members KNOW the are going to "heaven", NO MATTER WHAT they do and that the WORLD would end in 10 years or less would you care?

[bennywhale]

8. There'll be money in it somewhere for them,

[autorank]

9. And we want there to be money, based on observable performance.

I think it's about time. There was a great Pentagon Study on risks to of climate change (greatest threat to US security period) that the CM (corporate media) ignored. Well, wtf, maybe the incentive to make money fixing the environment will allow CM to actually do its job (which will be get pro environment press releases from companies in that business, haha).

Here's a Common Dreams article on the report. It's great!

Pentagon Study Says Global Warming-Eco Catastrophes are #1 Security Threat to US

NEW LEADERS FOR A NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY!

Contact the DNC and Give 'em Hell About NOT Acting on Election Fraud

[applegrove]

10. I hear many corporate leaders have been intimidated with reprisal

just like the MSM and anyone else who gets in the way of the GOP.