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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Trump's Decision to Withdraw From Paris Accord 'Was Wrong for Our Planet'
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The worst case isn't nothing, it's the US treasury getting plundered for nothing.
The fact that some companies do it of their own accord is great. But the fact is that pollution is an externality means that a company's "goodness" doesn't work - the events surrounding the industrial revolution is a perfect example of exactly why the government is needed.
EPA nazis like Scott Pruitt? Yep, you nailed that one on the head.
You do know that "our automakers" are giant multinational companies, right?
Why is Pruitt a Nazi? How does he compare with those who gruesomely exterminated millions of people?
Tim Cook should stop this political lobbying of his democrat agenda and start being a better CEO of Apple.
I really hate it when CEO's (like Tim Cook) abuse their position as CEO to lobby various political issues. His job is CEO of Apple, not political lobbyist.
I'm not disappointed because we all know he puts his lobbying before his job as CEO.
If Tim Cook private citizen wants to lobby politically, I'm ok with it, go ahead, freedom of speech and thought etc etc.
However Tim Cook CEO of Apple lobbying and sending letters to all Apple employees pushimg his lobbying down their throats is not acceptable and wrong.
Tim Cook sharing the letter he did does not achieve anything apart from showing how he us abusing his position as CEO. If Tim Cook sent a letter to all the Apple Employees saying - "Apple is funding independant research into climate change" then that would be quite respectable and something we can all get behind.
The facts are simple. Tim Cook is a hard democrat and is against anything that a Republican president does. Tim Cook earned his position at Apple while Obama was president. Did Tim Cook write letters to Apple about the wrongs Obama did? Not at all, Tim Cook kissed Obama's feet. Total hypocracy there.
The really sad part is the major Apple shareholders like Carl Icahn are not calling out his abuse of his position as CEO at the share holder meetings. The major shareholders should be demanding Tim Cook's head on a platter for this abuse of his position. But all the major Apple shareholders are piss weak. As long as their shares rise, they don't care about anything else.
This is a sad day indeed . . . not because of anything Trump did. It's a sad day because the CEO of the largest public company in the world - Apple - has abused his position as CEO and no one with power seems to care or want to put a stop to it.
I really hate it when CEO's (like Tim Cook) abuse their position as CEO to lobby various political issues. His job is CEO of Apple, not political lobbyist.
I'm not disappointed because we all know he puts his lobbying before his job as CEO.
Saving the world is not irrational. I would have though someone with your age and wisdom would have known this. The Paris Accord will not make sure the planet will be a better place. It's just a group of world leaders who are flashing around some big numbers and makiing themselves look good, while ignoring all of the science that is at the heart of the issue.
We are not angry at what Tim Cook is doing here. We are angry at how Tim Cook is doing it. We are angry that Tim is trying to push his views on every Apple employee. Tim wants every Apple employee not to have their own opinion. The fact Tim sent the letter to all Apple employees is Tim abusing hsi position of CEO to lobby. If Tim lobbyed on his own time as Tim Cook private citizen then fine I'd be ok with it.
If Tim Cook private citizen wants to lobby politically, I'm ok with it, go ahead, freedom of speech and thought etc etc.
However Tim Cook CEO of Apple lobbying and sending letters to all Apple employees pushimg his lobbying down their throats is not acceptable and wrong.
Acting as an american citizen is different to abusing his position as Apple CEO.
Very few people hold all presients to the same level of accountability. They treat some presidents like gods and other presidents like the devil.
Do you even know the history of your own nation. You saying this makes me doubtful.
The whole Paris Accord is political farce. It's not about the science. If it was about the science, It would be be a gathering of the world's best climate scientists, not the world's most influential leaders.
They should. But as we both know this is not about the science. If it was then all these "proud globalists" would bankroll the scientific research themselves. These "proud globalists" just want more influence in the political sphere so they can get their agenda accomplished.
Tim Cook sharing the letter he did does not achieve anything apart from showing how he us abusing his position as CEO. If Tim Cook sent a letter to all the Apple Employees saying - "Apple is funding independant research into climate change" then that would be quite respectable and something we can all get behind.
The facts are simple. Tim Cook is a hard democrat and is against anything that a Republican president does. Tim Cook earned his position at Apple while Obama was president. Did Tim Cook write letters to Apple about the wrongs Obama did? Not at all, Tim Cook kissed Obama's feet. Total hypocracy there.
The really sad part is the major Apple shareholders like Carl Icahn are not calling out his abuse of his position as CEO at the share holder meetings. The major shareholders should be demanding Tim Cook's head on a platter for this abuse of his position. But all the major Apple shareholders are piss weak. As long as their shares rise, they don't care about anything else.
This is a sad day indeed . . . not because of anything Trump did. It's a sad day because the CEO of the largest public company in the world - Apple - has abused his position as CEO and no one with power seems to care or want to put a stop to it.
Long live the V8 muscle car!
Good to see that China will now be the leading country in reducing climate change, this will help them to become the leading country manufacturing renewable technology, more skilled jobs for China while the US increase the number of unskilled mining jobs digging out coal that no one wants to buy
Well done to Tim for joining all the other high tech companies supporting the reduction of climate change
Well done to Tim for joining all the other high tech companies supporting the reduction of climate change
How about instead of virtue signaling, Apple, Google, MS, etc. are free to donate as much money to this 400B fund. They could even make a "Donate" app and people are free to contribute as much as they want. Our tax dollars shouldn't be funding other countries economies.
The world should boycott US companies until they can get their act together.
You shouldn't buy a car made in the US.
Foreign manufacturing is cleaner than US manufacturing. US manufacturing is too dirty and polluted.
Fire American. Hire foreign.
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It's better that Apple is Americans are forced to pay for other countries economies, since the US is the largest polluter and needs to be punished appropriately.
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People still drive cars?
You shouldn't buy a car made in the US.
Foreign manufacturing is cleaner than US manufacturing. US manufacturing is too dirty and polluted.
Fire American. Hire foreign.
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It's better that Apple is Americans are forced to pay for other countries economies, since the US is the largest polluter and needs to be punished appropriately.
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People still drive cars?
If it's unenforcable then why bother being in. Anything said there will not amount to anything as no one can make the major polluters of the world change . . . because it's unenforcable as you said. Better to spend the time and money aiming for a goal that is actually enforcable somewhere in the world and will actually do some good.
Did you forget the <sarcasm> tags? Because if you didn't, I'm scared.
Apple has the responsibility to abuse the little people to force them to pay for their dangerous climate pollution.
We need to punish the Americans that are responsible for climate change.
Just don't be a science denier. Most folks, even the most irrational "science is fake news" proponents like using their computers and smartphones; these devices didn't magically appear. Scientific research, advanced engineering, and financial investment made them happen. Human-Induced climate change is real and it poses a threat to mankind. We already have plenty of issues to deal with here on earth; why not take prudent steps to minimize man's impact instead of talking up the real fake news, resurrection of the coal economy.
As for the guy hoping Trump will eliminate constraints on auto manufacturers... dude, did you ever visit Los Angeles in the 60's? Auto emissions regulation placed by governments cleared the once brown and noxious skies. No "Great Wall" will keep the wind from blowing pollutants into your and everyone else's backyards.
You should be scared. It's a liberal world order. There isn't room for people like you in it.
Maybe Cook can just move to China now he probably feel more safe there. Considering that China is more committed to his cause and most of his cronies lives there anyway. Go Tim move to China, you don't like what's going on here in the US anyway. Please bring Whoopi Goldberg, Al Sharpton, Miley Cyrus, Samuel Jackson, Amy Schumer with you please. While you're at it also take Kanye West.
History, massive air polution 40 years ago. Went after the auto industry. Today they sell 8 times more cars, huge middle class increase in jobs industry wide, better products, excellent profits, and you can see the buildings in LA and other cities. Yep doing good for the environment has just killed them /S.
Sure. Go ahead. You are still not getting our billions
How is Tim "supporting the reduction of climate change"? Writing a letter is not doing it. Hating on the president for leaving an uneforcable accord is not doing it.
So how is Tim supporting the reduction of climate change? Please we want to know. So we all can also support this.
China didn't have to lower its emissions until something like 2030 under the scam accord. They also didn't have to pay anything either but we did. Also china uses massive amounts of coal. How do you think all their steel gets made?
You don't need to be in the Paris Accord to do that. Congress and the senate can do that right now if they all pass it through both houses.
Sure. Go ahead. You are still not getting our billions
Yes we are. You pay plenty of state taxes to control pollution.
We will continue to take more of your hard-earned money for our liberal benefits.
Fair point. Unilateral rule from the oval office is a mistake. Obama is learning this daily under Trump. Whim of one monarch to the next.
I said this in another thread. I was chastised for it.
I wonder if Timmy Cook will have a moment of silence about this during the WWDC keynote on Monday.