Big Business Backs Gore, Not Bush, in UN Talks

[RestoreGore]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10480063

Big business backs Gore, not Bush, in UN talks
December 04, 2007
By Kim Chipman, Mathew Carr and Alex Morales

Seven years after he lost the US election, Al Gore has more influence on US global warming policy than the man who defeated him, President George W. Bush.

As talks on a new world emissions treaty opened yesterday in Bali, companies and investors such as General Electric, Chevron and Lehman Brothers are backing Mr Gore's push for global limits on climate-changing carbon emissions, a strategy Mr Bush opposes.

A new accord limiting global warming, to be in place by 2012, will affect the way US$11.6 trillion is spent on new power generation, the International Energy Agency says.

Clean energy may be the "biggest business opportunity there's ever been," says billionaire Ted Turner.

Business leaders including GE's Jeffrey Immelt say they need clarity on the cost of carbon emissions to steer "green" investment decisions.

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For those who have not understood why Mr. Gore is doing what he is doing and why he is doing it this way, stayed tuned. He knows what he's doing... and it may well help save this planet. You don't have to win an "election" to be a winner.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. Although he did win an election...

...just sayin' :)

[RestoreGore]

2. True. But he would be a winner even had he not

Just sayin. ;-)

[Odin2005]

3. The Investor Class us starting to understand that a ruined planet is bad for business.

And green industries have the potential of triggering an economic boom.

[RestoreGore]

4. Yes, and it's about time

Hopefully those of us who aren't rich have a place at that table as well.