USCAP Releases International Principles [1] (July 23, 2008)
On January 22, 2007, the U.S. Climate Action Partnership [2] (USCAP) released a landmark series of principles and recommendations calling for the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to achieve significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. Read A Call for Action [3] (pdf).
The USCAP is an unprecedented alliance of leading non-governmental organizations and major corporations. This very diverse group of business and environmental leaders have come together to call for mandatory action, with a comprehensive approach involving near-, mid-, and long-term targets, and a range of effective policies.
Members of USCAP:
- American International Group (AIG)
- Alcan
- Alcoa
- Boston Scientific
- BP America, Inc.
- Caterpillar, Inc.
- Chrysler Group
- ConocoPhillips
- Deere & Company
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Duke Energy
- DuPont
- Environmental Defense
- Exelon
- Ford Motor Company
- FPL Group, Inc.
- General Electric
- General Motors Corp
- Johnson & Johnson
- Marsh, Inc.
- National Wildlife Federation
- The Nature Conservancy
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- NRG Energy, Inc.
- PepsiCo
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- PG&E Corporation
- PNM Resources
- Rio Tinto
- Shell
- Siemens
- World Resources Institute
- Xerox Corporation