Business Leaders Plan D.C. Visit to Press Swift Action on Climate Change

Executives from some of the nation's most powerful corporations will visit Washington, D.C. this week to press Congress to act swiftly on far-reaching climate change legislation.

The groups, working under the umbrella of the campaign We Can Lead, will meet Wednesday and Thursday for training sessions, briefings, and advocacy on the Hill in support of the House's Waxman-Markey climate change bill and similar legislation.

Among the participants are Nike, Exelon, Pacific Gas and Electric, and General Electric, all of which have clashed with the Chamber of Commerce over its refusal to accept the need for action on climate change. Two of the companies have officially defected from the Chamber.

On hand to greet the attendees will be high profile administration and congressional figures including EPA chief Lisa Jackson, and Carol Browner, director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy.