Duke leaving industry group because of climate policy

Duke Energy Corp., which provides electric utility services to nearly 700,000 customers in Ohio, is ending its membership in the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) partly because of the association's staunch opposition to reducing global warming pollution and creating a clean energy economy. From Bloomberg News:

"We are not renewing our membership in the NAM because in tough times, we want to invest in associations that are pulling in the same direction we are," Duke Chief Executive Officer Jim Rogers said last month in an interview. The association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Republicans "ought to roll up their sleeves and get to work on a climate bill, but quite frankly, I don't see them changing."

Duke is a founding member of the United States Climate Action Partnership, which is a group of businesses and environmental organizations that have come together to call on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

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