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Article

16 Aug 2004

Author:
John Carey & Sarah R. Shapiro, BusinessWeek

Global Warming

Consensus is growing among scientists, governments, and business that they must act fast to combat climate change...[M]any companies that have cut emissions have discovered, often to their surprise, that it saves money and spurs development of innovative technologies...Remarkably, business is far ahead of [the U.S.] Congress and the White House. [refers to Exelon, American Electric Power, DuPont, Alcoa, General Electric, General Motors, BP, Xcel Energy, Swiss Re, Intel, Cinergy, Florida Power & Light (part of FPL Group), Global Research Technologies, Enron]