{"id":1259,"date":"2005-06-07T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-07T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/07\/us-private-sector-take-lead-on-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2005-06-07T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-07T16:02:00","slug":"us-private-sector-take-lead-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/us-private-sector-take-lead-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"US Private Sector Take Lead on Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"
Found a number of interesting articles that deal with the US government’s failure to take the lead on global warming, and how others are responding to this failure. TriplePundit points us<\/a> to a brief article<\/a> at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s website that demonstrates how the private sector is recognizing the long-term benefits of addressing climate change even if their lackies in the White House and Capitol don’t. In fact, a range of businesses are getting downright impatient with the Bush administration’s head-in-the-sand approach, and are asking for “a clear federal standard on emissions of so-called greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, saying the administration’s current approach provides little guidance on how to map strategies for expansion.”<\/a> And Dubya’s good buddy Tony Blair is even feeling confident that he can get the President to join talks with China and India about climate change initiatives.<\/a> Good luck, Tony…!<\/p>\n Technorati tags: global warming<\/a>, business<\/a>, politics<\/a>, United States<\/a><\/p>\n