Amazon, IBM, Others Urge Congress to Go Green on Infrastructure

Dozens of energy, technology, financial and chemical companies urged Congress to make clean energy and climate spending central to any infrastructure package, citing the ‘urgent imperative’ to confront the economic and physical risks of climate change.

Amazon.com Inc., Bank of America Corp., and American Airlines Group Inc. joined energy companies like Duke Energy Corp., Edison International, and Exelon Corp. in framing climate action “as a business imperative” in a statement sent to congressional leadership.

Companies already have taken ambitious actions to cut emissions and made significant investments in clean energy systems, the letter said. But continued U.S. ...