A broad group of major corporations, including a slew of energy producers and utilities, is lining up with the incoming Biden administration to urge bipartisan action by Congress on “climate solutions.”

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In a letter to Congress and Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s transition team, more than 40 companies said they support the United States rejoining the United Nations climate accord, aka the Paris Agreement, which the Trump administration abandoned in November. 

“The United States has made important strides — emissions are down and clean energy is up,” the letter stated. “With the election of a new president and Congress, we now have a critical opportunity to significantly strengthen these efforts.”

The group urged the president-elect and Congress “to work together to...