http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14892/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ges-jeff-immelt-global-warming-compelling-cap-and-trade-most-effective-way-go <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>General Electric (NYSE:<a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=GE"></a>GE) is the parent company of the major media conglomerate NBC Universal, which owns media outlets NBC, MSNBC and CNBC. At times that has led to the lines between corporate advocacy and journalism being blurred.</p><p>That was certainly the case when GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” May 20 to discuss the White House meeting of President Barack Obama’s 16-member Economic Recovery Advisory Board headed by former Federal Reserve chief Paul Volcker.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ges-jeff-immelt-global-warming-compelling-cap-and-trade-most-effective-way-go" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Climate Change AustanGoolsbee BeckyQuick CapandTrade carbonemissions carbontax ClimateChange CNBC Derivatives energypolicy GeneralElectric JeffImmelt MSNBC NBC NBCUniversal SquawdBox Wed, 20 May 2009 19:03:44 +0000 admin 26785 at http://archive2.mrc.org