US CAP: Pew Background Materials
On January 22, 2007, the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) released a landmark series of principles and recommendations calling for the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to achieve significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. The USCAP is an unprecedented alliance of leading non-governmental organizations, including the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and major corporations, including several members of the Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC).
The Pew Center has extensive resources on domestic policy initiatives, including its Agenda for Climate Action, released in February 2006. Please visit our Policy Center for further research and analysis, and What's Being Done in Congress for a summary of recent congressional action.
Click here (pdf) to see how the USCAP recommendations compare to climate legislation recently proposed in the Senate.
Note: The reports posted below were prepared by the Pew Center. They are not products, nor do they represent the consensus views, of USCAP. They are intended solely to provide further information and detail on major topics and recommendations contained in USCAP's "A Call for Action."
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