By DPA, [RxPG] Washington, Jan 23 - Ten US corporations have urged the government to set ambitious, mandatory caps on greenhouse-gas emissions, taking a stand against global warming that contrasts with President George W. Bush's voluntary approach.
The initiative from companies, which includes General Electric, DuPont, BP America and Alcoa, called for the US leadership to fight climate change and the creation of a US emissions trading market.
'We had some success with voluntary rules but this is not enough,' Lew Hay III, chief executive of the Florida Power and Light utility, told a news conference here Monday. 'We definitely need mandatory rules and we need it now.'
