In the News
January 2, 2008 - Top Corporate Social Responsibility News of 2007 – CSRWire reports about USCAP’s role as a leader in the business community on this issue
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The January announcement of the United States Climate Action Partnership and the release of A Call for Action received broad media coverage, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Economist and The New Yorker as well as CNN, CSPAN, CNBC and BBC.
From The New York Times:
"Ten major companies with operations across the economy - utilities, manufacturing, petroleum, chemicals and financial services - have banded together with leading environmental groups to call for a firm nationwide limit on carbon dioxide emissions that would lead to reductions of 10 to 30 percent over the next 15 years.
Introduction of this group … is aimed at adding to the recent impetus for Congressional action on emissions controls and the creation of a market in which allowances to emit carbon dioxide could be traded in a way that achieves the greatest reduction at the lowest cost."
January 19, 2007 - A Coalition For Firm Limit On Emissions
From The Wall Street Journal:
"A new coalition of environmental groups and major corporations such as Alcoa Inc., General Electric Co., DuPont Co. and Duke Energy Corp. will boost pressure on Congress and President Bush next week to address climate change more rapidly…Many of the big-name corporations involved in the effort already have emerged as advocates of addressing climate change more rapidly…The group's formation shows the unity that is emerging on climate change between some of the country's biggest manufacturers and its most influential environmental groups, such as the Natural Resources Defense Council."
January 23, 2007 - In Climate Controversy, Industry Cedes Ground – (subscription required)
Other coverage has included the following:
May 16, 2007 - Corporate concern on climate rises – Christian Science Monitor
May 8, 2007 - Global Warming Campaign Accelerated; Business Group Adds Members in Campaign Against Global Warming – Associated Press
April 24, 2007 - Big Business Steps In - On Capitol Hill, corporate leaders demand federal action on global warming. In Texas, buyers of TXU, a power provider, promise to make it go green. – Frontline (Video)
January 23, 2007 - The business of climate change - Several big American firms call for mandatory measures to cut greenhouse-gas emissions – The Economist
January 23, 2007 - CEOs Urge Bush to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Washington Post
January 22, 2007 - Industry execs call for action on climate-changing pollution – USA Today