Few corporate suppliers engage clients on climate | Financial 24

More than 30 of the worlds largest companies surveyed their suppliers on how they managed risks related to climate change, but only around a quarter responded, a report published on Thursday said.

More wild claims from Secretary of Energy Steven Chu

Clean energy is the best opportunity we have to create jobs today and launch the industries of tomorrow. It's also critical for our security — to reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil — and to save our planet from the potentially devastating effects of climate change.

We have begun the transformation to a clean energy economy through the president's economic recovery plan. And to truly rise to this challenge, President Obama has pledged to invest $15 billion a year to develop and deploy the next generation of renewable energy technology here in America.

As history has shown repeatedly with science funding, this investment will pay for itself many times over. Americans will save far more on their energy bills than we spend on research.
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With these investments, we will unlock the true potential of solar and wind energy.