#2. The U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP)
The total lack of federal action on climate change is disheartening, but
it has left the door open for initiatives from other sectors. One of the
best is the U.S. Climate Action Partnership. Launched in January, USCAP
brought together corporate heavyweights like General Motors and General
Electric with environmental groups like the Nature Conservancy. Together,
they're out to lobby the government to do something unusual: increase
regulations. USCAP called for mandatory cuts of 60% to 80% in carbon
emissions by 2050, and a uniform nationwide market for carbon. When big
business is this far ahead of government, it's clearly time for a
change.