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CEOs descend on Washington demanding carbon price (only 11.65 years left)
Chron ^ | 5/22/19 | James Osborne

Posted on 05/23/2019 2:04:06 AM PDT by Libloather

WASHINGTON - Top officials from 75 companies descended on the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to try to convince lawmakers to support the creation of a carbon price mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Among them were more than 20 companies from the Fortune 500, including brand names like Levi's, Johnson & Johnson and Pepsi, along with European oil majors BP and Shell, who took meetings with Republicans and Democrats in Congress in a bid to increase momentum for legislation addressing climate change.

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At a press conference Wednesday, none of the executives gathered gave any chance to a carbon price passing the Republican-led Senate or getting the support of President Donald Trump, who has questioned the severity and causes of climate change.

But they argued momentum was on their side, hoping that political leaders would either be convinced or be voted out of office.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.chron.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billiondollarmarxist; carbon; carboncredits; climatechange; climatechangefraud; corporateliberalism; fake; fraud; globalwarming; green; hoax; scammer
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"If you read the United Nations report, we're down to 11 years to get this right. This is not an academic conversation," said Gary Hirschberg, chairman of the organic dairy giant Stonyfield Farm. "Until we engage the wider market [of U.S. industry], we're not going to be able to move at the kind of speed required."

Shut down the business and save the planet. No need to bribe anyone.

1 posted on 05/23/2019 2:04:06 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Asked about his view on a carbon price, Romney said, “I’m just going to listen to what they have to say.”

Duh...


2 posted on 05/23/2019 2:25:49 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: Libloather

that was my thought too. There is no need for a profit making company using cows if the world is ending in 11 years.
and if it’s going to end, they should all commit suicide to give others a few more years.


3 posted on 05/23/2019 2:30:13 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Libloather

I am sure these same CEOs have a team of lobbyists ready to have carve outs of any carbon tax so they do not have to pay it.


4 posted on 05/23/2019 2:53:23 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Libloather

These fools are begging to be made slaves of government.


5 posted on 05/23/2019 3:05:39 AM PDT by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitch!)
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To: newnhdad
follow the money.....rich people and corporations do NOTHING unless it benefits them.....

what they all want is for nobody to travel anywhere like Zion or Yellowstone....they don't want the middle class to have boats or trucks or even to stay somewhat warm in the winter by burning wood.....

control...control...control.....

6 posted on 05/23/2019 3:06:44 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Libloather

Ultimately any carbon tax will be paid by the consumer. I would support a carbon tax if the Income tax was abolished. The theory that a tax raises the price of something and thus reduces the amount of that something applies to carbon and income. Why reduce the incentive to generate income thus reducing productive work when a reduction in carbon will “save the planet”? Or not, I wouldn’t really care.


7 posted on 05/23/2019 3:27:42 AM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: C19fan

Jumping the shark, if we are the first on line and bring it up we can pass along the cost to the consumer easily with the help of our sickening law maker criminals in congress


8 posted on 05/23/2019 3:32:53 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: Libloather

Crony capitalists.


9 posted on 05/23/2019 3:33:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Libloather

If CEOs are begging for something, it’s not because they’re concerned about the planet. There is business opportunity in carbon credit trading, pure and simple.


10 posted on 05/23/2019 3:37:36 AM PDT by Hazwaste (Democrats are like slinkies. Only good for pushing down stairs.)
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To: Libloather

Wow, 4% of the Fortune 500 CEOs want tax increases!


11 posted on 05/23/2019 3:48:24 AM PDT by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: Libloather
then by all means led by example and show us how it's done!!! ya don't need laws for that...
12 posted on 05/23/2019 4:14:49 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: relee

Actually it’s 15%.


13 posted on 05/23/2019 4:21:50 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: cherry

You have nailed it. These people are the enemies of the middle and lower classes. They seek our destruction.


14 posted on 05/23/2019 4:21:58 AM PDT by TheDon (MAGA!)
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To: Libloather

Mass hysteria, or virtue signaling?


15 posted on 05/23/2019 4:35:27 AM PDT by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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To: Libloather

So, the big established companies want the government to regulate a new tax and regulation that will raise the barrier of entry to any new competitor, and protect their market shares.

Huh, surprise, surprise...


16 posted on 05/23/2019 4:45:05 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Libloather

More proof the 17th Amendment needs to go....

Way too much power in DC.

There was a very good reason the direct election of the Senators was not allowed; what you are seeing here is a part of that reason.

Our Founding Fathers well knew the nature of man, business and the power of an unbalanced government system.


17 posted on 05/23/2019 4:48:15 AM PDT by Article10 (Roger That)
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To: Libloather

the Houaton Commie-cal.

If they won’t go to war against China for increasing their already majority carbon production, then they are lying Commiecrats.


18 posted on 05/23/2019 4:51:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Libloather

Tell the guy at Stonerfield Farm that even AOC has now recanted on her 11 years left claim.


19 posted on 05/23/2019 4:52:21 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: HamiltonJay

Nailed it.


20 posted on 05/23/2019 4:52:45 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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