Thirteen companies pledged at least $140 billion in new efforts to reduce emissions and fight climate change, the White House announced today.
The corporate actions, which include efforts from Apple, Alcoa and General Motors, among others, come as part of the Obama administration’s American Business Act on Climate Pledge, designed to build support for the December climate summit in Paris.
President Obama has been ramping up the fight against climate change during his second term. His administration has been rallying support for the Paris talks, which are intended to secure a commitment to limit the rise in global temperatures linked to greenhouse gases to 2 degrees Celsius over pre-Industrial Revolution levels.
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