Who could forget about the hippy tree criers?

Via WaTi:

President Obama said Monday that an increasing number of business leaders are taking action on climate change and proving that it isn’t just “tree-huggers” who care about the issue.

Following a White House meeting with top CEOs, Mr. Obama said reducing emissions, boosting energy efficiency and taking other steps to cut pollution is a smart tack for everyone, not just the more hard-core environmentalists.

“Historically, when you start talking about an issue like climate change, the perception is that this is an environmental issue, it’s for tree-huggers, and that hard-headed businesspeople either don’t care about it or see it as a conflict with their bottom lines,” the president said. “And this conversation has confirmed what we’ve known for quite some time, which is that considerations of climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energies are not only not contradictory to their bottom lines, but for these companies, they’re discovering that they can enhance their bottom lines.”