Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today?

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Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today?

The words of the CEO of Southern Company, Thomas Fanning, when asked about climate change. Oops, wait. Not climate change. He said that about how his company was helping ConEd restore power in New York. Here’s what he said about climate change: I don’t think that the data supports that the storms are more frequent or unusual than they have been in the past. But the point is right now we are not dedicated to getting into an ancillary argument. We gotta get the power back on. That is our business at this point. That’s great. Let’s get the power back on. But climate change as “an ancillary argument” is like a defense attorney suggesting that the real issue was the failure of the tree to step aside for the car, not the ancillary argument of his client’s drunkenness. According to SourceWatch , Southern Company’s nearly two dozen coal-burning power plants emitted 164,200,000 ton...

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@MarquezTimo » 01 Nov '12, 6am
Should be every day RT @grist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link]
@nikt50 » 01 Nov '12, 5am
“@grist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link]” why indeed? Silly man that he is.
@smzavestoski » 01 Nov '12, 4am
This #bigoil exec won't be breaking #climatesilence , instead asks Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link]
@Wilson_Energy » 31 Oct '12, 11pm
"We are not appreciative of the years and years of carbon pollution that helped today come about." [link] thx @SouthernCompany
@pmiwanowicz » 31 Oct '12, 11pm
#waronlungs “@drgrist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link] Oh, Southern.”
@RustyBrown47 » 31 Oct '12, 11pm
RT @drgrist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link] Oh, Southern.
@drgrist » 31 Oct '12, 11pm
Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link] Oh, Southern.
@Houshinto » 31 Oct '12, 10pm
"@grist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link]"-exactly! We should've ages ago! #idiot
@wjray_epb » 31 Oct '12, 9pm
"@grist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link]" ummm, if you have to ask, then. . .
@ShawnHuckaby » 31 Oct '12, 9pm
"@grist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about #ClimateChange today? [link]" And by today he means "any day".
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RT @grist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link] (The question is the answer!)
@Eradona » 31 Oct '12, 9pm
"@grist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link]" Um, maybe becuz of #Sandy?
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RT @drgrist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link] Oh, Southern.
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RT @drgrist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link] Oh, Southern.
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RT @drgrist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link] Oh, Southern.
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RT @drgrist: Energy company CEO: Why do we have to talk about climate change today? [link] Oh, Southern.
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