This news is more dazzling than your Mercedes Benz taillights so you better listen to this because this is significant. The Chrysler Group and the Ford Motor Company have teamed up as the newest addition to the second expansion of the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP). In les than six months, the group enlisted 23 of the world’s largest companies and six of the most respected and prominent non-government organizations to their line-up of members. The broad cross-section division embodied by USCAP is being praised by the newest members. It is also a strengthened call for the federal government to promptly act out legislations that comprises of the mandatory decrease of greenhouse gas emissions.
"We are pleased to join USCAP at a critical stage in the conversation on climate change, energy consumption and environmental protection. We all recognize it is time for action. Ford has long supported the six major principles of USCAP, including recognizing the importance of technology and the need to be environmentally effective. We have been actively developing a range of advanced technology vehicles to address the climate change issue," said Alan Mulally, the President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company.
"Now is the time for advancing a national approach to climate change where all of us - individuals, industry and government - take action toward reducing emissions of greenhouse gases," added Tom LaSorda, the President and CEO for the Chrysler Group. "We are proud to be an active member with USCAP in the development of climate policy that addresses energy use and emissions from all sectors of the U.S. economy, and ultimately drives increased energy efficiency. And we look forward to working with the USCAP members in formulating a system to control greenhouse gas emissions in a way that not just addresses the supply of energy-efficient products and commodities, but also spurs demand for them."
Last January, the USCAP issued its solutions-based report. A blueprint for an economy-wide has been laid-out titled “A Call for Action” and this is a market driven cap-and- trade program. The recommendations represented in the report are based on the following six key principles:
- Account for the global dimensions of climate change;
- Recognize the importance of technology;
- Be environmentally effective;
- Create economic opportunity and advantage;
- Be fair to sectors disproportionately impacted; and,
- Recognize and encourage early action.