{"id":2526,"date":"2015-10-19T18:33:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T23:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2015-10-19T18:33:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T23:33:47","slug":"that-darn-climate-change-conspiracy-ctd-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/10\/19\/that-darn-climate-change-conspiracy-ctd-7\/","title":{"rendered":"That Darn Climate Change Conspiracy, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business continues <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/07\/27\/that-darn-climate-change-conspiracy-ctd-5\/\" target=\"_blank\">relating to reality<\/a>.\u00a0 <em><strong>Ceres<\/strong><\/em>, &#8220;a non-profit organization advocating for sustainability leadership,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceres.org\/press\/press-releases\/68-major-u.s.-companies-join-white-house-climate-action-pledge-today?utm_content=buffer21a2c&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> that 68 more companies are signing on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/07\/27\/fact-sheet-white-house-launches-american-business-act-climate-pledge\" target=\"_blank\">the American Business Act on Climate Pledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As key international climate negotiations near, 68 additional companies today joined the White House-led American Business Act on Climate Pledge. Companies making the pledge have set significant greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy sourcing goals for 2020 and beyond, and are focusing on increasing energy efficiency, boosting low-carbon investing and making sustainability more accessible to low-income Americans.<\/p>\n<p>This second round of business pledges at the White House \u2013 in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/07\/27\/fact-sheet-white-house-launches-american-business-act-climate-pledge\" target=\"_blank\">13 company pledges<\/a> announced in July &#8211; includes 19 businesses that work directly with Ceres, a sustainability advocacy group, or its climate policy coalition, Business for Innovative Climate &amp; Energy Policy (BICEP): <strong>Autodesk, Best Buy, Bloomberg, CA Technologies, Dell, eBay, EMC, General Mills, IKEA, Kellogg\u2019s, Levi Strauss &amp; Co., L\u2019Oreal, Mars, Nestle, Nike, PG&amp;E,\u00a0 Starbucks, Unilever <\/strong>and<strong> The Walt Disney Company<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It would be interesting to put some solid numbers to these pledges, of course.\u00a0 For example, is eBay emitting\u00a0 gigatonnes of carbon into the atmosphere?\u00a0 Or does it consider itself to be quite a minor player?\u00a0 It might reveal some sincerity and, played properly, bring more pressure to bear on competitors who are not yet on the wagon.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/corporate-responsibility\/68-more-corporate-giants-pledge-significant-climate-action.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sami Grover<\/a> @ <em><strong>Treehugger.com<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business continues relating to reality.\u00a0 Ceres, &#8220;a non-profit organization advocating for sustainability leadership,&#8221; reports that 68 more companies are signing on to the American Business Act on Climate Pledge. As key international climate negotiations near, 68 additional companies today joined the White House-led American Business Act on Climate Pledge. 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