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Big Biz Urges Bush to Take Action on Global Warming

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Just ahead of the President's State of the Union Address, ten major U.S. corporations are teaming up with environmental groups to urge the White House to move faster in dealing with climate change, as part of the newly formed "United States Climate Action Partnership" (USCAP). The companies include Alcoa, General Electric and other industry leaders. Francis Beinecke, president of the National Resource Defense Council, says the businesses and environmental groups agree that the federal government needs to build on local efforts against global warming.

"Many states and cities all across our country already have taken action to fight global warming. Today we stand united in sending a message to our leaders in Washington that they also need to act."

According to Mark Kresowik with the Sierra Club of Iowa, some local communities already have made headway on global warming, and he hopes more will follow their lead.

"Mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide will lead to rural development, high-paying manufacturing jobs and smart use of our energy resources. Iowa needs to take the lead and show that the federal government needs to do this right."

New members of Congress have promised legislation to curb carbon emissions, but White House officials say the president will say in his State of the Union address that he has not changed his mind on emissions controls.

USCAP consists of market leaders Alcoa, BP America, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, DuPont, FPL Group, General Electric, Lehman Brothers, PG&E, and PNM Resources, along with four leading non-governmental organizations - Environmental Defense, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and World Resources Institute.




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