We’ve got the power: Big business sees the promise of clean energy

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President Trump may not see the promise of clean energy. A lot of big business does




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PITY America’s big businesses. For years their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint were dismissed by environmentalists as “greenwashing”. Now, after months trying to persuade a supposedly pro-business new president, Donald Trump, of the merits of staying in the Paris climate accord, he practically laughed in their faces by withdrawing on June 1st.
Executives fear the exit will do no good to America’s—and by implication their—reputation. Not for nothing have more than 900 American firms and ...