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Obama’s Climate Change Plan: Which Companies Are Ready?

By Sara Murphy – Jun 28, 2013 at 6:10PM

Now that President Obama has put climate change firmly on his agenda, which companies are ready for the new paradigm?

President Obama announced this week that he will be using his executive powers to implement a broad new climate change plan. This is just one more indicator that the business community is going to have to deal with the real risks that climate change poses. Some are doing this better than others. Motley Fool contributor Sara Murphy discusses how corporations are preparing for the future.

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Sara has been writing about and analyzing companies from a sustainable investment perspective for the last 15 years. An ardent optimist, she believes that it is entirely possible for all stakeholders to benefit and profit from companies' ingenuity and innovation.

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