Increasingly, corporate giants like Jeffrey Immelt (CEO of General Electric, the largest company in the United States), want mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions. Here’s a NY Times editorial. And a lengthier thoughtful piece in Grist magazine.
There’s something ironic about profit-driven corporations practically begging the federal government for regulation and clear rules, when DC leadership is still pretending there’s no scientific consensus on climate change or any important international consensus on what to do about it.