“Car giant breaks off 20-year relationship with Heartland Institute in ongoing row over its role in questioning global warming,” Raw Story is reporting.
“General Motors, the world’s largest carmaker, has confirmed that it is pulling funding from the Heartland Institute, an ultra-conservative thinktank known for its scepticism about climate change.
“The decision by the GM Foundation to halt its support for Heartland after 20 years underlines the new image the carmaker is seeking to project as part of its social responsibility programme. In the past GM has itself been associated with efforts to discredit climate change science, but in recent years it has been investing heavily in green technologies and cars including the electric/petrol hybrid, the Chevy Volt.
“In a statement, GM said that it now runs its business ‘as if climate change is real and believe we have a role to play in developing new cars, trucks and technologies that can make a difference.’
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The L.A. Times version is here.
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Funny how wrecklessness and a little tax payer bail out can change perspective. As long as oil ruled the energy scene there was no incentive to continue inovating and developing the electric car. Then consumers for Toyota proved the hybrid possible, GM went bust and had to beg.
Thank goodness the Obama Team attached incentives and an interest rate to that bail out loan. It didn’t take long for GM to dust off it’s ambition and produce hybrids and the Volt. It’s best to stay on the side of the “tree hugger.”
Three Cheers. Guess GM could care less of Twe Truck driving deniers. Tells you something about their numbers.
Twe = TEA
Congratulations to GM!!! At some point corporations are going to realize that these right wing nut cases are not serving their interest and they will eventually turn against the flat earthers. Of course, exceptions are made for oil companies that have only agenda – Plan A is drill, Plan B is drill some more and Plan C is drill baby drill!