Fourteen New Companies Join U.S. Climate Change Fight

The United States Climate Action Partnership announced today that it has added 14 new members to its roster, doubling the size of the coalition.

The new members of the group include American International Group (AIG), Alcan, Boston Scientific, ConocoPhillips, Deere & Company, The Dow Chemical Company, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Marsh, PepsiCo, Shell and Siemens, along with The Nature Conservancy and the National Wildlife Federation.

The coalition, which continues to broaden and deepen its membership, brings together key sectors of the economy -- from energy, transportation, agriculture and technology to telecommunications, infrastructure and financial services -- with environmental and conservation leaders.

USCAP's main goal is to urge the federal government to immediately pass mandatory legislation to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

With its new members, USCAP companies now have total revenues of $1.7 trillion, a collective workforce of more than 2 million and operations in all 50 states; the group also has a combined market capitalization of more than $1.9 trillion.

The two new non-governmental organizations in USCAP, The Nature Conservancy and the Wildlife Federation, have more than two million members worldwide, and represent America's environmental interests and its conservation traditions.

In January, USCAP issued a report that outlined principles and recommendations for a policy framework on climate change. The report, "A Call for Action," laid out a blueprint for a mandatory economy-wide, market-driven approach to slowing and then reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Today's new members join the 13 founding members of USCAP: Alcoa, BP America, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, DuPont, FPL Group, General Electric, PG&E, and PNM Resources, Environmental Defense, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pew Center on Global Climate Change and World Resources Institute.