Businesses Unite to Support Climate Bill

Posted by sbopp at November 05, 2009 11:30 AM | Permalink

More than a dozen companies have formed a new lobbying group to urge legislative action on climate change. The new group, American Businesses for Clean Energy, includes several companies that split with the US Chamber of Commerce to protest that organization’s oppositional stance on climate change legislation, such as New Jersey’s PSEG and New Mexico’s PNM. Other members of the new group include New York Power Authority, National Grid, Gap and Aspen Skiing Co.

The message they are sending to lawmakers: “We are businesses from a broad cross-section of American industry that support Congressional action to enact clean energy and climate legislation that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now is the time to act."

- Suzanne Bopp

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