Oil giant supports greenhouse gas curbs

[Rose Siding]

Source: The Hill

The list of companies that support mandatory curbs on greenhouse gas emissions now includes oil giant ConocoPhillips.

Jim Mulva, Conoco’s chairman and CEO, told reporters Tuesday that the company had joined the United States Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of environmental groups and companies like DuPont, General Electric and BP American that support the development of federal greenhouse gas regulations. The company asked reporters not to reveal this information until Wednesday morning.

Mulva didn’t endorse any particular climate-change bill, even though several have been introduced this Congress. But he described the science behind global warming as “quite compelling,” and said his company was committed to supporting alternative energy sources to supplement oil production.


Read more: http://thehill.com/business--lobby/oil-giant-supports-greenhouse-gas-curbs-2007-04-11.html

[Kelvin Mace]

1. Talk is cheap

And the best way to stop reform is from within the reform movement.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. Mulva?

Delores?

[RandomKoolzip]

4. My first thought too....

Good news, but the Seinfeld fan in me can't resist.

[Robbien]

3. Hmmm. Too easy

wonder if the new big push for nuclear reactors have anything to do with this sudden change of heart.

[gravity]

5. He can say that because we are the ones addicted to it

I don't think he is going to have any problems selling gas in the future.

[cosmicdot]

6. looked at top US corporate air polluters list today

by sheer coincidence ...

ConocoPhillips is listed in the top 100 at ..... Number 3
http://www.peri.umass.edu/Toxic-100-Table.265.0.html

what's next, using 'green' in their logo and advertising as going beyond petroleum?


but, CP probably gives money to charities like Imus - one pollutes the air; the other the airways http://www.conocophillips.com/community/index.htm


Ranks 7 ...
Oil & Gas:
Top Contributors to Federal Candidates and Parties

Election cycle: 2006

Total contributions: $19,090,042
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=E01


7 ConocoPhillips

$408,083


10% to Democrats
90% to GOP

[kineneb]

7. sounds like they have a secret way to keep up their profits

I don't trust them at all. Time to don that tinfoil hat.

[gravity]

8. The ironic thing is if the oil companies profit more if they produce less oil

That's what OPEC tries to do. The only problem is that every oil company has to cut back supply for it to work.