US CAP Release Blueprint for Climate Legislation

The influential business and enviornmental group, U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), has published its policy recommendations for legislation to create a sustainable national climate protection program.

The Blueprint for Legislative Action provides specific guidelines for the Obama Administration and Congress to pass laws designed to bring about a transition to a healthy, low-carbon economy. That includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent of 2005 levels by 2050 through a cap-and-trade program, federal technology research & development funding, clean coal technology, alternative fuel transportation, and building and energy efficiency.

USCAP is a broad coalition representing large corporations (FPL Group, GE, Dupont, Ford, GM, Johnson & Johnson etc) and diverse environmental interests (World Resources Institute, The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources Defense Council etc)

See the report here.

- David Adams