Over seventy major American corporations have united to urge Congress to pass energy and climate legislation as soon as possible, taking out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to deliver the message. The slew of companies included names like Alcoa, BP, Duke Energy, Dow Chemical, GE, General Motors, HP, Johnson & Johnson, Rio Tinto and Shell, ranging from energy companies to manufacturers.

As a press release from one company, Alstom (the world’s largest supplier of electric power generation equipment), noted, American business can “contribute to and benefit from greater clarity around how climate change will be addressed.” They and many other leading businesses are joining hands with “environmental organizations, national security experts, veterans’ organizations, labor unions and faith-based groups” to push for a climate bill.

Text of the Ad (with list of companies available at climatead.org):

A Question of American Leadership
How will America take back control of its energy future while enhancing our national security?

When will the U.S. economy regain its competitive edge instead of letting other countries corner the emerging global clean energy market?

How can we get the U.S. back on track by creating American jobs in the new low-carbon economy?

How can we protect our natural resources and future generations from climate change?

These are the questions we’re asking our policy makers as America faces a once-in-a-century opportunity to lower greenhouse gas emissions and become the world’s leader in a burgeoning clean energy economy.

We are a broad and diverse group of leading businesses, environmental organizations, national security experts, veterans’ organizations, labor unions and faith-based groups.

We believe it’s time for Democrats and Republicans to unite behind bi-partisan, national energy and climate legislation that increases our security and limits emissions, as it preserves and creates jobs.

It’s a question of American leadership.