The U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which has worked to help the progress of federal legislation which covers carbon emissions and green house gases, lost three of its most prominent members–all of them major polluters. ConocoPhillips (COP), Caterpillar (CAT), and British Petroleum (BP) all quit the organization.
Each of the corporations said that it will work outside of the organization to continue to fight air pollution.
The companies were probably wise to desert the U.S. Climate Action Partnership. It was always a bit of a “front” for large energy and manufacturing organizations that wanted to make peace with the Administration as it tried to push new environmentally friendly legislation through Congress. Now that the legislative branch is in a period of gridlock which could last until the midterm elections, the initiative on greenhouse gases may die.
Why would energy companies pay dues to an organization that advocates programs to undermine their profits. Now that the political reasons are gone, they won’t.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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