Item: Avista pushes climate bill: Business group lobbies for cap-and-trade/Becky Kramer, SR.

More Info: Avista Corp., which gets half its energy from hydropower dams, has joined other clean-energy providers, retailer Gap Inc. and Colorado resort operator Aspen Skiing Co. to form a new lobbying group for federal climate-change legislation. Avista is one of the 20 founding members of American Businesses for Clean Energy, which started up earlier this month. The group’s goal is to unite diverse business interests to support cap-and-trade legislation, which would limit carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases.

Question: What do you think of Avista's decision to lobby for federal climate-change legislation?