Exxon is not going to stop marketing fossil fuels soon, but it does admit that climate change is real. See “Our views and principles for managing climate change”.
The page includes:
“Effective strategies must include putting policies in place that start the world on a path to reduce emissions while recognizing that addressing GHG emissions is one among other important world priorities, such as economic development, poverty eradication and public health.”
Recognizing that there will be rules and regulations, they would like them to be effective, to scale, and cost-efficient. Among other considerations, they prefer a carbon tax over cap-and-trade.
Unfortunately, I doubt these admissions about emissions by Exxon Mobil will still the climate-change deniers in print, on the air, or in Congress.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Freedom, democracy, and unelected legislatures
In my readings, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been appearing more and more. A recent article was "Koch, Exxon Mobil Among Corporations Helping Write State Laws Across U.S." Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg, 2011-07-20,
ALEC arranges meetings with legislators and corporate representatives to write model legislation. This legislation is often introduced verbatim into legislative agendas. Raegan Weber, an ALEC spokeswoman, says the group simply facilitates the sharing of information and “good conservative policy.” ALEC’s mission is to promote free markets, limited government, federalism and individual freedom, according to its website. “All of our policies are in line with those principles,” said Weber.
To me these nice-sounding words mean unrestricted operation for big corporations, government that stays out of the way of big corporations, government at the state level that is easier to control, and individual freedom for executives. George Orwell's Newspeak is alive and well.
Missing in all these fine words are democracy and small-r republicanism. The people and things public (res public) are left out of the picture.
ALEC arranges meetings with legislators and corporate representatives to write model legislation. This legislation is often introduced verbatim into legislative agendas. Raegan Weber, an ALEC spokeswoman, says the group simply facilitates the sharing of information and “good conservative policy.” ALEC’s mission is to promote free markets, limited government, federalism and individual freedom, according to its website. “All of our policies are in line with those principles,” said Weber.
To me these nice-sounding words mean unrestricted operation for big corporations, government that stays out of the way of big corporations, government at the state level that is easier to control, and individual freedom for executives. George Orwell's Newspeak is alive and well.
Missing in all these fine words are democracy and small-r republicanism. The people and things public (res public) are left out of the picture.
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