Friday, April 4, 2008

Environmental NGOs honor and condemn BoA CEO Lewis… on the same day!

From MineWeb:

In what may have been the ultimate April fool’s joke Tuesday, Bank of America CEO Kenneth D. Lewis was both honored and condemned by environmental special interest groups on the same day for the bank’s policies regarding global warming.

It almost seemed like April Fool's for Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis Tuesday as he was praised by one national environmental group for his efforts to reduce global warming, and damned on the same day by three other environmental NGOs for the bank's alleged financial support of coal mining and coal-fired power....

From Environmental Leader:
BofA Adopts Carbon Principles, CEO Voted Fossil Fool Of The Year