article_snippet: Major companies that sell to the federal government like GE, HP, Northrup Grumman and Honeywell will also announce voluntary commitments to cut Major companies that sell to the federal government like GE, HP, Northrup Grumman and Honeywell own emissions of the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming, the White House said.
article_snippet: The operator of an estimated 360,000 buildings and 650,000 vehicles, the federal government is the country's single largest energy consumer.
article_snippet: The Department of Defense alone is responsible for roughly half of that consumption, a senior administration official said.
article_snippet: Deputy Energy Secretary Liz Sherwood-Randall, second from the right, and Kate Brandt, Federal Chief Sustainability Officer, right .
highlights_snippet: Major companies that sell to the federal government like GE, HP and IBM will also announce voluntary commitments to cut Major companies that sell to the federal government like GE, HP and IBM own emissions .
  
highlights_snippet: Government and industry cuts will be the equivalent of what 5.5 million cars would pump out through 5.5 million cars tailpipes in an average year .