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Over 300 of the largest companies in the U.S including Apple, Starbucks, McDonald’s and Walmart have signed an open letter urging President Biden to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The letter states that “a bold 2030 target is needed to catalyze a zero-emissions future, spur a robust economic recovery, create millions of well-paying jobs, and allow the U.S. to ‘build back better’ from the pandemic,” borrowing a key slogan from Biden’s economic recovery message.

“In a March statement calling for the same reductions target, the environmental advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council said such a plan would ‘help pull the country out of the pandemic-induced recession by putting millions of Americans to work’ and inspire more ambitious international climate action ahead of a major United Nations climate conference this November,” reports NPR.