Big US firms urge Bush to tackle global warming

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Some of corporate America's largest companies, including Alcoa, General Electric and DuPont, have urged US President George W. Bush and the Congress to act swiftly to tackle global warming. The United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), of which the three corporations are members, sent a letter dated Monday to Bush calling for a stop and eventual reversal of greenhouse gas emissions.

The powerful USCAP coalition called for urgent US government action to stamp mandatory reductions on businesses' greenhouse gas emissions, which many scientists have blamed for global warming. The group -- who collectively operate dozens of industrial plants -- also called for a cap-and-trade program, which would allow the trade of emissions permits. The corporations...