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• NYT: U.S. Chamber has not expressed support for any proposals to cap emissions 0

  Posted 5 days, 1 hour agoJohn Broder has an illuminating story in today's New York Times, "Storm Over the Chamber" discussing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's climate crisis and how Thomas Donohue's style exacerbates it. Tellingly, the story begins with an anecdote that suggests where the U.S. Chamber gets its tin ear.

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  API and ACCCE spend the big bucks 0

  Posted 5 days, 1 hour agoCoal companies and the nation's biggest railroad association accounted for 50 percent of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity's (ACCCE) $47 million budget in 2008, according to ACCCE's tax return, E&E News reported on Wednesday. Yowza!

• The U.S. Chamber needs to get its story straight 0

  Posted 6 days agoThe U.S. Chamber seems to be going to great lengths these days persuade Congress that it really wants to help pass climate legislation. But a very different message is coming through its blogs, tweets, and unscripted comments.

• Is the U.S. Chamber changing its tune on climate, or just its tone? 1

  Posted 2 weeks, 5 days agoOn Tuesday, the U.S. Chamber sent a letter to Sens. Boxer and Inhofe about the climate bill. It seemed to be singing a new tune on climate policy, leading Sen. Kerry to wonder whether the letter reflects a real change in the Chamber's position.

• Climate Controversy Damages Chamber's Reputation 0

  Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

  The high-profile departures from the US Chamber because of its extremist stance on climate, the strong criticism from its own former members and the Chamber's tone-deaf response to the situation are contributing to reputational damage that is hurting the organization's credibility.

  But don't take my word for it. Others are making the same observation. 

  Fortune Magazine Contributing Editor Marc Gunther noted in a piece called "The U.S. Chamber's climate blunders" that:

  "What matters is that the chamber can't any longer pretend to be the voice of  business on the climate change issue-the biggest business controversy of the decade.… Read More

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  Texas rises to Gore challenge

  While Al Gore was challenging Americans to invest in a carbon-free energy future, Texas utility regulators were voting to invest nearly $5 billion in the state's renewable energy system. That's the kind of long-term, major infrastructure commitment that is needed to move the US to a clean energy future. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/paltman/texas_first_to_ ...On Gore calls for carbon tax, 100 percent renewable electricity by 2018 posted 1 year, 4 months ago 13 Responses