81 Big Companies Sell Out U.S., Support Obama’s Climate Madness

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climate change insanityIn December President Obama will travel to Paris to sign a climate treaty that forfeits the sovereignty of the United States of America–the country he swore to protect. The Paris climate treaty is another in a long line of attempts (like Kyoto) to convince stupid Americans to give up the right to control their own country and destiny–to sell ourselves out and let non-American, un-elected socialists from other countries determine how we will live in the future. They use the bogeyman myth of global warming to do it. They are all aiming to commit mass energy suicide by outlawing fossil fuels–but it won’t work if we don’t play along. We pray Congress stops this madness, but now we despair. You see, big business is in bed with big government and funds the political ruling class in Washington and in return the politicians pass laws favorable to them. Some 81 of the biggest big businesses (who contribute heavily to Congress and receive preferential treatment in return) have signed on to a pact to support Obama’s climate madness. They actually want him to sign the treaty that gives up our national sovereignty. Without these 81 big businesses (full list below) you literally could not live–from Walmart to Hershey to Nike to Apple to Google to Kellogg’s to American Express…the list goes on. Sadly, even some in our own industry have signed on, including Invenergy. Shame on them. If we were to boycott them (as should happen) we’d have to live like hermits in the wilderness. No one can live without the goods and services provided by this list of 81 mega corporations. And each and every one of them have sold us out. It’s truly a sad and depressing day…

Do you understand why there’s such an intense hatred of the political ruling class? Why we’re not voting for anyone who’s been a part of the establishment in Washington? Why people like Trump, Carson and Fiorina are doing so well in the polls? We’re tired of being sold out by our political leaders–and by big businesses that keep them in office by showering them with billions of dollars. It’s a big, fat, incestuous mess in Washington–and the worst of the worst is the current occupant of the White House.

Below is a press release from the White House doing its best to imply “everyone” supports Obama in his climate madness. It took some work, but we’ve culled out the list of all the companies who are now in the MDN hall of shame–sellouts of their own country. Not worthy of a dime of your money or support. Problem is, you’d have to stop living if you stopped supporting these companies.

Today, the White House will announce new commitments from companies from across the American economy who are joining the American Business Act on Climate Pledge. With this announcement, 81 companies will have signed the American Business Act on Climate Pledge to demonstrate their support for action on climate change and the conclusion of a climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low-carbon, sustainable future. These 81 companies have operations in all 50 states, employ over 9 million people, represent more than $3 trillion in annual revenue, and have a combined market capitalization of over $5 trillion.

By signing the American Business Act on Climate pledge, these companies are:

Voicing support for a strong Paris outcome. The pledge recognizes those countries that have already put forward climate targets, and voices support for a strong outcome in the Paris climate negotiations.

Demonstrating an ongoing commitment to climate action. As part of this initiative, each company is announcing significant pledges to reduce their emissions, increase low-carbon investments, deploy more clean energy, and take other actions to build more sustainable businesses and tackle climate change.

These pledges include ambitious, company-specific goals such as:

  • Reducing emissions by as much as 50 percent,
  • Reducing water usage by as much as 80 percent,
  • Achieving zero waste-to-landfill,
  • Purchasing 100 percent renewable energy, and
  • Pursuing zero net deforestation in supply chains.

Setting an example for their peers. Today’s announcements builds on the launch of the American Business Act on Climate Pledge in July. This fall, the Obama Administration will release a third round of pledges, with a goal of mobilizing many more companies to join the American Business Act on Climate Pledge.

The impacts of climate change are already being felt worldwide. Nineteen of the 20 hottest years on record occurred in the past two decades. Countries and communities around the world are already being affected by deeper, more persistent droughts, pounded by more severe weather, inundated by bigger storm surges, and imperiled by more frequent and dangerous wildfires. Rising temperatures can lead to more smog, longer allergy seasons, and an increased incidence of extreme-weather-related injuries, all of which imperil public health, particularly for vulnerable populations like children, the elderly, the sick, the poor, and some communities of color. No corner of the planet and no sector of the global economy will remain unaffected by climate change in the years ahead.

Climate change is a global challenge that demands a global response, and President Obama is committed to leading the fight. The President’s Climate Action Plan, when fully implemented, will cut nearly 6 billion tons of carbon pollution through 2030, an amount equivalent to taking all the cars in the United States off the road for more than 4 years. The Clean Power Plan, the most significant domestic step any President has ever taken to combat climate change, will reduce emissions from the energy sector by 32% by 2030. And while the United States is leading on the international stage and the federal government is doing its part to combat climate change, hundreds of private companies, local governments, and foundations have stepped up to increase energy efficiency, boost low-carbon investing, and make solar energy more accessible to low-income Americans.

The measures taken by the public and private sectors enabled President Obama to set an ambitious but achievable goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by 26-28% by 2025 last November. And in the eleven months since, we’ve seen unprecedented global momentum in the fight against climate change.

To date, 150 countries representing more than 85% of global carbon emissions have reported post-2020 climate policies to the United Nations. This includes the major economies like the U.S., China, the European Union and India and it includes a large number of smaller economies, developing nations, island states and tropical countries – some of whom are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

But these submissions are only the beginning of achieving a successful outcome in Paris this December that puts in place a transparent global framework for increasing ambition over time and continuing to drive down emissions over the course of this century. As the world looks toward Paris, President Obama is committed to building on this momentum, with American leadership at all levels – the federal government, state and local governments and the private sector.

Clean Energy Investment

Additionally, leading up to the White House Clean Energy Investment Summit on June 16, 2015, an independent consortium of long-term investors (“LTIs”), including sovereign development funds, pension funds, endowments, family offices, and foundations, committed to building a new investment intermediary that will identify, screen, and assess high-potential companies and projects for commercial investment that could also produce impactful and profitable solutions to climate change.

Today, this consortium will announce its founding CEO, interim board of directors, sponsors, and confirms the intention of the LTIs to deploy at least $1.2 billion of investment capital through an ‘aligned intermediary’, which they anticipate will be formally launched and branded in mid-2016.

The initial group of LTIs announcing financial commitments to work with the ‘aligned intermediary’ includes:

  • $500 million from University of California’s Office of the Chief Investment Officer;
  • $350 million from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund;
  • $200 million from the Alaska Permanent Fund;
  • $100 million from TIAA-CREF; and
  • $10 million from Tamarisc.

The effort launches with research support from the Hewlett Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation, and Planet Heritage Foundation, and a commitment of further operational support, pending final approval, from the MacArthur Foundation.

As President Obama said at the U.N. Climate Summit last September, “There’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate.” The American Business Act on Climate Pledge shows that the U.S. private sector, with its history of innovation and ingenuity, is committed to stepping up and doing its part in taking on this global challenge.

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THE AMERICAN BUSINESS ACT ON CLIMATE PLEDGE

We applaud the growing number of countries that have already set ambitious targets for climate action. In this context, we support the conclusion of a climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low-carbon, sustainable future.

We recognize that delaying action on climate change will be costly in economic and human terms, while accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy will produce multiple benefits with regard to sustainable economic growth, public health, resilience to natural disasters, and the health of the global environment.*

*The White House (Oct 19, 2015) – White House Announces Commitments to the American Business Act on Climate Pledge

Here’s the sellout companies who signed the so-called “climate pledge”:

ABENGOA BIOENERGY US
AEMETIS
ALCOA
AMERICAN EXPRESS
APPLE
AT&T
AUTODESK
BANK OF AMERICA
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY
BEST BUY
BIOGEN
BLOOMBERG
CARGILL
CA TECHNOLOGIES
CALPINE
CAMPOS BROTHERS FARMS
COCA-COLA
COX ENTERPRISES
DELL
DSM NORTH AMERICA
EMC
ENERGY OPTIMIZERS
ENER-G RUDOX
FACEBOOK
FULCRUM BIOENERGY
GE
GENERAL MILLS
GENERAL MOTORS
GOLDMAN SACHS
GOOGLE
HERSHEY’S
HEWLETT PACKARD (HP)
IBERDROLA USA
IBM
IKEA USA
INGERSOLL RAND
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
INTEL
INTEX SOLUTIONS, INC.
INVENERGY
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
JOHNSON CONTROLS
KELLOGG’S
KINGSPAN INSULATED PANELS, INC.
LAKESHORE LEARNING MATERIALS
LAM RESEARCH
LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
L’OREAL USA
MARS
McDONALD’S CORPORATION
MICROSOFT
MONSANTO
NIKE
NESTLE
NOVOZYMES
ONE3LED
PACIFIC ETHANOL
PEPSI-CO
PG&E
POET
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC
PwC US
PROCTER & GAMBLE
QUALCOMM
RICOH USA
SALESFORCE.COM
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
SIEMENS CORPORATION
SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
STARBUCKS
SYNGENTA/QCCP
TARGET
TRI-GLOBAL ENERGY
UNILEVER
UPS
WALMART
WALT DISNEY COMPANY
XEROX CORPORATION

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