Environmental Defense is a founding member of a group of high-level corporate and environmental leaders that will make a groundbreaking announcement today in Washington, D.C. The group will call for a cap-and-trade system to combat climate change.

Their historic proposal, "A Call to Action," urges the federal government to set limits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, to create market-based incentives and, most of all, to act swiftly and thoughtfully.

The companies involved in today's announcement are well-known corporations from the energy, manufacturing and financial services sectors: Alcoa, BP America, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, General Electric, Lehman Brothers, Pacific Gas & Electric, and PNM Resources.

They have joined Environmental Defense, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Natural Resources Defense Council and the World Resources Institute to form an unprecedented alliance — the United States Climate Action Partnership (US-CAP).

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I am glad to see that some corporations actually have a concept of responsibility. Good for them. And hopefully for the rest of us too.