As GOP Debates Climate Change, Corporate Lobbyists Wish For Action

While congressional Republicans remain staunchly opposed to action on climate change, corporate America pretty much agrees that the change is happening, is caused at least partly by human activity, and needs to be remedied. The rift has put corporations and their lobbyists in an awkward situation as President Obama's administration rolls out new climate regulations. "The Supreme Court has established that he's required to address carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act, so he is acting under that authority," Tim Profeta, director of Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, told NPR. "Most large diversified companies are looking, over at least the longer term, to get some policy on the ground so they have certainty as to what their development paths should be."

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