So you found three people that will probably gain the most from new laws and that means what?
On 2/7/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why Key Executives Are Warming To Legislation on Climate Change > February 7, 2007; Page A10 > WALL STREET JOURNAL > > In Washington, business opposition to global-warming legislation is > melting faster than the polar ice caps. > > That's not because of new science: There's been little of that in the > past few years. Friday's update from the Intergovernmental Panel on > Climate Change was mostly a yawn, rehashing with greater certitude > previous findings that human activity is leading to slow warming of > the planet. > WSJ's Business columnist Alan Murray talks about why three top > business executives have been pushing corporate America to understand > the need for global-warming legislation. > > Ever since seeing Al Gore's movie, I've been eyeing beachfront > property and wondering what a 40-foot rise in sea levels would do to > it. But the United Nations-backed study predicts sea levels will rise > only a couple feet over the next hundred years -- posing a threat to a > few houses in Malibu, California, but not to most of us. > > Instead, the changed business climate on climate change reflects an > unusual convergence of personal, practical and political > considerations. These have come together with hurricane force in the > first few months of 2007. > > On the personal front, three business leaders have played an > extraordinary role in pushing this issue: General Electric's Jeffrey > Immelt, DuPont's Chad Holliday, and Duke Energy's Jim Rogers. The > three men were driving forces behind the group of 10 CEOs who called > on President Bush last month to cap greenhouse-gas emissions. And > their influence reaches far beyond that breakthrough cabal. > > Messrs. Immelt and Holliday have played important roles in leading the > Business Roundtable, which lobbies on behalf of the largest U.S. > corporations, to accept the need for global-warming legislation. Mr. > Rogers is chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, the U.S. trade > group for investor-owned utilities, and is nudging that group along as ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227206 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
