Big Biz Power Challenges Trump On Climate

Big companies defy Trump on climate change

Vanessa Wong, Cora Lewis, Leticia Miranda & Matthew Zeitlin, March 30, 2017 (BuzzFeed)

“As President Trump rolls back Obama's environmental legacy, it isn't just green groups who say they'll resist America's reversal on clean electricity. Billion-dollar corporations [also plan to keep] battling carbon pollution…[Nestlé, General Mills, and Gap, have strong corporate programs to build New Energy and reduce] carbon dioxide emissions…

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[Though the US Chamber of Commerce welcomed Trump administration initiatives, Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good recently told the Wall Street Journal the utility will continue to pursue its New Energy initiatives and American Electric Power will continue its] transition to support a cleaner energy economy…Mars, Staples, Unilever, and Timberland and North Face maker VF Corp.[recently signed a petition to state governors urging them to implement the Obama administration’s] Clean Power Plan… Ben & Jerry's will also continue fighting carbon emissions, for the good of its many ice cream flavors…” click here for more

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