State regulations, shareholders, and customers all put pressure on companies to become more energy efficient and greener… The Wall Street Journal discusses why companies expect little change from the Paris accord exit:
“Many large companies said they wouldn’t change course, and their reasons are diverse. Companies are responding to customer and shareholder demands to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Many operate in states and countries that are putting in place climate rules and thus face pressures beyond the U.S. government.
Firms are buying natural gas and renewable electricity that emit less pollutants because they are becoming cheaper. And many are making long-term capital investments to reduce their carbon footprints with an eye toward future decades, not the current election cycle.”
Preisent Trump already rolled back the Clean Power Plan… Here is a chart showing the expected energy use for electricity production by source… (note the expected steady coal use without the CPP):
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