'Governments Must Lead': U.S. Corporations Beg Trump to Stay in Paris Agreement in Full Page NYT Ad

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite



by Jon Levine | 7:17 am, May 31st, 2017

Some of the biggest names in U.S. business are making their voices heard in the debate over whether the United States should stay in the Paris Climate Agreement. The 195 nation treaty from 2015 was one of the Obama administration’s most significant second term achievements.

In a recent full page ad which ran in the New York Times and other major newspapers, Adobe, Apple, Google, Morgan Stanley, Salesforce, Microsoft, PG&E and numerous others beseeched President Trump not to withdraw from the agreement.

“As businesses concerned with the well-being of our customers, our investors, our communities, and our suppliers, we are strengthening our climate resilience, and we are investing in innovative technologies that can help achieve a clean energy transition,” they wrote. “For this transition to succeed, however, governments must lead as well.”

The ad went on to mention “strengthening competitiveness,” creating jobs, markets, and growth,” and “reducing business risks” as the key reasons the United States should stay in the agreement.



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[Roy Rolling]

1. What does Vlad say?

He listens to Putin.

[iluvtennis]

4. You got that right.

[Chemisse]

29. Maybe somebody could call his cell

And pretend to be Putin!

[LisaM]

31. My thoughts exactly.

So much for Ivanka's influence.

[workinclasszero]

35. His master's voice

[NickB79]

36. "Melt that damned ice already so Russia can drill for more oil and gas!"

[Botany]

2. The Department of Defense thinks global climate change is real.

Science Magazine

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/trump-s-defense-chief-cites-climate-change-national-security-challenge

Trump’s defense chief cites climate change as national security challenge

By Andrew Revkin, ProPublicaMar. 14, 2017 , 1:00 PM
Reprinted from ProPublica

Secretary of Defense James Mattis has asserted that climate change is real, and a threat to American interests abroad and the Pentagon’s assets everywhere, a position that appears at odds with the views of the president who appointed him and many in the administration in which he serves.

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“Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today,” Mattis said in written answers to questions posed after the public hearing by Democratic members of the committee. “It is appropriate for the Combatant Commands to incorporate drivers of instability that impact the security environment in their areas into their planning.”


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"Climate change is a challenge that requires a broader, whole-of government response. If confirmed, I will ensure that the Department of Defense plays its appropriate role within such a response by addressing national security aspects."
James Mattis

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Yes. They have planned on the basis of it being real for about a deacade now. . . nt

[Hekate]

21. I read that sometime in the BushCheney admin. Even as they were coddling deniers...

...it turned out that the Pentagon had done a full analysis of the implications of global climate change from their particular perspective, because if you don't think that billions of coastal and new-desert refugees are going to create military/national security nightmares, then you are a moron on the scale of Trump, Pence, and Bannon.

I found this oddly comforting, because it showed that at least one branch of government was both deeply and broadly intelligent.

[Delmette2.0]

30. Perhaps all the social support money going to Defense

will be used covertly to fight climate change and protect our military bases that will be under water?
That would help undermiND 45's stubborn stupidity.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. This whole thing is beginning to look

to me like a global oligarch cabal to euthanize government, steal resources
physical and financial, and enslave the world in service to themselves.

[teezy]

9. Agree 100%.

And it's scary as fuck.

It brings those murals at the Denver Airport to life.

[lark]

11. Yes, all that while being lead by Putin.

That's drumpfs dream come true for sure.

[CrispyQ]

24. You nailed it. --nt

[BadgerMom]

32. Yes

That is the bigger picture.

[catbyte]

5. He can't afford to alienate his ignorant, hateful base. He needs to ensure that his

Nuremberg-Lite ego stroking rallies are well-attended. That's literally all he's got. He's the most mocked man in the world and it's getting to him.

[left-of-center2012]

6. Trump is out to destroy everything Obama accomplished

That is Trump's only goal.

[Kleveland]

8. He has a list, and checking it twice.....

It is mind numbing to me, how he is just viciously going through every single progressive and good thing our beloved Obama and others have accomplished, and just destroying it all, one by one.

That, and the obvious appointment of stooges in all cabinet positions, who are destroying the very departments they were appointed to.

Corporate greed and carelessness seems to be the soup of the day to these selfish morons.

This is absolute destruction of our way of life, and our rights and liberties.

The sad part, is that our system of government by its very nature is what has enabled this to happen.

It is the absolute abuse of power and liberty which is reaching into our very core values as a nation.

The freaks are coming out, and being visible to the good people in the country, and for better or worse, we can now at least see the evil among us.

[calimary]

27. Welcome to DU, Kleveland!

I get a sardonic sense of "humor" about the conservative pal I know who sometimes mumbles "babykillers!" under her breath. Yep! And yet she voted for the guy whose policies will kill ALL babies. Born AND still in the fetus stage. And all babies of all species on earth, too, both animal and vegetable.

[Kleveland]

33. Thank you...

Yes, the massive boundless hypocrisy amazes me, on multiple levels.

I hang out here a little to feel as if I am among others, who at least have self awareness, and realization of decent human values, and appreciation of the natural world. It helps to alleviate the extreme anxiety that I have, waking up everyday to this unnatural and incomprehensible madness in our besieged Democracy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. He had hoped to enrich himself & his family and pay debt to Russians. It's looking less likely excep

... except for the debt that was converted into obligations to Putin. That is being paid off steadily and big time.

[IronLionZion]

7. A genius who doesn't give a shit about our customers, our investors, our communities, and our suppli

our customers, our investors, our communities, and our suppliers can go screw themselves like sad loser snowflakes - Trump (probably in his mind)

What makes anyone think Trump gives a shit about “strengthening competitiveness,” creating jobs, markets, and growth,” and “reducing business risks” ?

[Aristus]

10. That's going to leave a mark.

Tell Republican Presidents that they aren't qualified for the job. Tell them they're stupid. Tell them they are an embarrassment to the country and the world. Tell them everyone would be better off without them in office.

But never, never tell them they aren't leading!

Their fragile egos will bust open like a cheap pinata...

[JudyM]

14. Good move, making it short with bullet points so he can actually digest it.

Pity that there weren't more signatories, though.

[mountain grammy]

15. Wow

[hatrack]

16. And who didn't sign?

Hmmm . . ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, Lukoil, Sinopec, Total, Petronas, Gazprom . . . it's almost like a pattern, but I just can't make it out . . .

[ffr]

17. FOOLS! There are no pictures and it's too long.

He'll never read it or consider looking at it.

Put it in audio form or make a movie short, something that someone with the attention span of a dog could sit through.

[hatrack]

18. Broadcast it on Glowing Orb!

That would work!!

[Duppers]

19. Big K & R

[Bengus81]

20. Eh...those corporations are just a bunch of hippie Librul types..............

Obama did it,we UNDO it.............

[ucrdem]

22. Fortune: Even ExxonMobil Wants President Trump to Stick With the Paris Climate Deal

http://fortune.com/2017/03/29/exxon-mobil-donald-trump-paris-agreement-climate-change/

Tillerson too it seems, also Ivanka.

[yallerdawg]

23. This - person - has no understanding of English!

How does one make an "announcement" over "the next few days"?

"Within the next few days" works.

"Sometime in the next few days" makes sense.

You might think the "Leader of the Free World" would have the ability to string together less than a complete sentence into a tweet that makes some kind of coherent, comprehensible statement. Another bar we have to drop to the ground.

Link to tweet

[DK504]

25. Maybe these corporations should start walking the walk

rather than talking the talk. All of these corporations are also companies with the largest carbon footprints. Howsa about these companies make life for the Doofus in the WH hard to function. They all carry serious political weight. Walk the walk boys.

[Freethinker65]

26. They picked the wrong publication to run the ad? Or maybe not?

They do not care what Trump does with US climate policy as long as all other policies are corporate friendly. Internationally they can appear to take the high ground by placing an ad proving they are not scientifically ignorant...plus they get to save face with some of us NYT reading "liberals".

[rgbecker]

28. True, If they wanted to influence Trump, they would have put ads up on FoxNews.

Trump's supporters aren't reading the NYTimes and in fact, they now know these Corps are just a bunch of elites they can ignore.

[Qutzupalotl]

34. Trump will ignore the signature from Tiffany & Co.

[moondust]

37. Doesn't matter.

His position probably depended on how they treated him in Europe. If they kissed his ass and treated him like the King of Everything, then maybe he'd go along with it. Otherwise forget it, he's sticking with Scott "Fracking" Pruitt and the fossil fuel lobby. That's why he waited until he got home and added up their "flattery score" to announce.