"Food industry executives call on Congress for climate change action", 

If the US Congress is to take meaningful action to curb climate change, the support of corporate America and Republicans will be required. This is why a meeting of food industry executives and politicians – joined by a lone Republican congressman – on Capitol Hill on Thursday may be the first glimmer of a bipartisan approach to climate action...The briefing was held to call attention to a letter signed by CEOs of some of the world’s biggest food companies, which asks governments to set “clear, achievable” science-based targets for carbon emissions reductions...Gibson said he advocates action to curb climate change for the same reason that he supports a balanced federal budget: “So that future generations get the same choices and freedoms that we have.”...Major trade associations in Washington, led by the US Chamber of Commerce, have...fought climate action...Ceres and its allies say a next step may be to enlist the support of big companies to neutralize those lobby groups. Just this week, Ceres organized six major US banks to sign a joint statement calling on governments to reach a global climate agreement...