Our congress is being willfully stupid and counterproductive to our next generations chance at having any better kind of world just to oppose the president. This center (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions) applauds the climate agreement between China and America with more than 30 mainly Fortune 500 companies yet, the GOP denounces it? Any hope for Congress to reconvene with a sense of bipartisanship was quickly erased Wednesday morning as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) sharply criticized the announcement of a new climate deal between the United States and China. (washingtonpost/politics/gop-congressional-leaders-denounce-us-china-deal-on-climate-change/2014/11/12/ff2b84e0-6a8d-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html) This is said to be the largest step ever between America and China in reducing carbon emissions and the Republicans dont want to support it? (cnn/2014/11/12/world/us-china-climate-change-agreement/index.html) Center for Climate and Energy Solutions en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Climate_and_Energy_Solutions The Pew Centers Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC) became the largest U.S.-based association of companies committed to advancing both policy and business solutions to climate change. The Council started with 13 members and includes more than 30 mainly Fortune 500 companies with combined revenue of $2 trillion and 3.5 million employees. The Council now operates as the C2ES Business Environmental Leadership Council. The Pew Center also served as a founding and active member of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), an influential business-NGO coalition calling on Congress to establish a mandatory national climate policy.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 03:02:04 +0000
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