TOBACCO COMPANIES SIDE WITH THE ANGELS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE
May 1st, 2008
BY ANDREW CAVE
TOBACCO companies aren't usually credited with helping to save the planet. However, local hostilities tend to be easily forgotten when there's a war going on and that's how many eco-warriors view the global battle against climate change: old enemies can become allies, even Big Tobacco.
For example, here's Paul Dickinson talking about Imperial Tobacco. Dickinson is chief executive of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a charity aimed at getting the world's biggest companies to assess and improve what their carbon emissions performance.
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