FULL PAGE AD IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2009

Dear President Obama & The United States Congress,

Tomorrow leaders from 192 countries will gather at The UN

Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to determine the fate of our planet.

As business leaders we are optimistic that President Obama

is attending Copenhagen with emissions targets. Additionally, we urge

you, our government, to strengthen and pass United States legislation, and lead

the world by example. We support your effort to ensure meaningful and effective measures to control

climate change, an immediate challenge facing the United States and the world

today. Please don't postpone the earth.

If we fail to act now, it is scientifically irrefutable that

there will be catastrophic and irreversible consequences for humanity and our

planet.

We recognize the key role that American innovation and

leadership play in stimulating the worldwide economy. Investing in a Clean

Energy Economy will drive state-of-the-art technologies that will spur economic

growth, create new energy jobs, and increase our energy security all while

reducing the harmful emissions that are putting our planet at risk. We have the

ability and the know-how to lead the world in clean energy technology to thrive in a global market and economy. But we must

embrace the challenge today to ensure that future generations are left with a

safe planet and a strong economy.

Please allow us, the United States of America, to serve in

modeling the change necessary to protect humanity and our planet.

In partnership,

Chris Anderson, Curator, TED Richard

Baker, Chairman, Lord & Taylor Dan,

David & Laureen Barber, Blue Hill Chris Blackwell, Founder, Island Records, Island Outpost Graydon Carter,

Editor, Vanity Fair Deepak Chopra, Adjunct

Professor, Kellogg School of Business and

Management Yvon Chouinard, Founder, Patagonia

Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, Co-founders, Ben

& Jerry's Gregory Colbert, Creator, Ashes

& Snow Kenneth Cole, Chairman, Kenneth

Cole Paulette Cole, CEO & Creative Director, ABC Home, ABC Carpet & Home Torn Colicchio, Chet &

Owner, Craft Restaurants Kit Crawford, Gary Erickson,

Co-Owners & Co-CEOs, Clif Bar & Company

Steve Ells, Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO, Chipotle

Mexican Grill, Inc. Eileen Fisher, CEO, Eileen

Fisher Walt Freese, CEO, Ben & Jerry's

Homemade Mitchell Gold, Chairman, Bob Williams, President, Co-Founders, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Matt Goldman,

Co-Founder & CEO, Blue Man Group Seth

Goldman, CEO, Honest Tea Robert Grebler,

Founder, Pokonobe Associates, Jenga Licensor

Adrian Grenier, Reckless Productions Alan Hassenfeld, former Chairman, Hasbro Inc. Don Hazen, Executive Editor, AlterNet Gary Hirshberg, CEO, Stonyfield Yogurt

Jeffrey Hollender, CEO, Seventh Generation Kate Hudson, David Babaii,

Co-Founders, David Babaii for WildAid Mike Kaplan, CEO, Aspen

Skiing Company Michael

Kieschnick, President, Credo Mobile Sheryl

Leach. Creator & Founder of Barney

Sven-Olof Lindblad, Founder, Lindblad Expeditions

Danny Meyer, CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group

Laura Michalchyshyn, President & GM, Planet

Green, Discovery Communications Will Raap, Chairman &

Founder, Gardener's Supply Company Horst

Rechelbacher, Founder, Aveda, Founder &

CEO, Intelligent Nutrients David Rockwell, Founder & Owner, Rockwell Group Maury Rubin, Founder, Chef &

CEO, City Bakery, Birdbath Green Bakery, Michael Rupp, CEO & President, The Rockport Company Gordon Segal, Chairman, Crate & Barrel Jeff Skull, Founder, Participant Media and Skoll Foundation Harvey

Spevak, CEO, Equinox Greg Steltenpohl,

Founder, Odwalla Michelle Stein, President, Aeffe USA Martha Stewart, Founder. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Jeffrey

Swartz, CEO, Timberland Torn Szaky, CEO, TerraCycle Donald J. Trump, Chairman and

President, Donald J. Trump Jr., EVP, Eric F. Trump, EVP, Ivanka M. Trump, EVP, The Trump Organization Jean-Georges Vongerichten,

Executive Chef & Owner, Jean-Georges Management

LLC

if you want

to go quickly, go alone. if you want to go far, go together. african proverb

Business

leaders, sign onto this initiative: businessleaders4environmentalchange.us