"We have to commit to eliminating homophobia because everyone is entitled to the same rights, opportunities and protection," King has said.
He should also commit to eliminating the 200 to 300 short-range nuclear weapons this country still has deployed in Europe.
For instance, a utility might pay Comverge $70,000 to $80,000 a year for each megawatt that the company can commit to eliminating from the load.
A letter circulating in Congress calls on Susan Rice, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, to urge the world body to fully commit to eliminating cholera from the island of Hispaniola.
The U.S.D.A. is granting the Humane Society's petition to ban downed calves from the food chain, and Tim Horton's is the latest food industry giant to denounce gestation crates and commit to eliminating them.
The coalition, which includes the Union of Concerned Scientists, Environmental Defense, the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Natural Resources Defense Council, asked each company to "commit to eliminating the nontherapeutic use of medically important antibiotics in your production practices".
In January Iceland became the first major UK retailer to commit to eliminating plastic packaging for all its own-brand products, pledging to go plastic-free within five years.
Designers and apparel brands including Stella McCartney, H&M, Eileen Fisher, Zara/Inditex and Quiksilver have committed to eliminate endangered forests from their fabrics.
"[The supermarkets] must join the long list of other major consumer goods firms which have committed to eliminate sales of products which are connected to deforestation," Earthsight states.
