NY Times - "Businesses in U.S. Brace for New Rules on Emissions"

[TomCADem]

It seems like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has another reason to bitch:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/business/energy-environment/26emissions.html

The nation’s corporations have long been bracing for the day when they would be required to carry out sharp cuts in the emissions that cause global warming. That day seemed to move a bit closer on Wednesday, when President Obama outlined a national target for such reductions.

Much of corporate America has already been thinking about how to comply. Many businesses concluded years ago that such limits were inevitable, and they have been calling on Congress to define the exact rules they will need to follow.

Already, many companies are recording their emissions and analyzing the results. Some have set voluntary targets for reductions and are claiming substantial progress in meeting them. Sustainability — a notion mostly heard in environmental circles only a decade ago — has become a mainstream idea to which some companies are committed and many are paying lip service.

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Some of the nation’s biggest trade groups, including the powerful United States Chamber of Commerce and the American Farm Bureau Federation, have also been fighting the climate legislation through ads and a protracted lobbying battle on Capital Hill.

The National Association of Manufacturers said recently that a climate bill would result in job losses and slower economic growth. The Senate bill, it said, represents a “significant technological and economic challenge to manufacturers while resulting in little benefit to the environment.”

[FarCenter]

1. There is absolutely no way that the US can afford to cut emissions

Actually, emissions are down already due to economic conditions.

[Cha]

2. Thanks..this will happen. There's no way the Planet

can afford Not to.