"Executives Call for Deep Emission Cuts to Combat Climate Change"

"More than 300 corporate leaders will ask the Biden administration to nearly double the emission reduction targets set by the Obama administration."

"WASHINGTON — More than 300 businesses, including Google, McDonalds and Walmart, are pushing the Biden administration to nearly double the United States’ target for cuts to planet-warming emissions ahead of an April 22 global summit on climate change.

In a letter to President Biden released on Tuesday morning, chief executive officers from some of the nation’s largest companies will call on the administration to set a new Paris Agreement goal of slashing the nation’s carbon dioxide, methane and other planet-warming emissions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

That is roughly what most major environmental groups want, and the corporate executives called the target “ambitious and attainable.”

Former President Donald J. Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement, eradicating emissions reduction targets set by the Obama administration that many environmentalists had seen as too weak. President Obama had pledged to cut national emissions 26 percent to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025."

Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times April 13, 2021.

SEE ALSO:

"Hundreds Of Companies Call For U.S. To Slash Carbon Emissions" (NPR)

"Companies, European Leaders Call On US To Halve Emissions By 2030" (The Hill)

"Biden’s Paris Goal: Pressure Builds for a 50 Percent Greenhouse Gas Cut by 2030" (Inside Climate News)

"U.S., European Firms, Investors Pile Pressure On Biden To Hike Climate Target" (Reuters)