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

  Posted 6 days, 22 hours 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 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

• Chamber Chief Donohue Emerges as Unlikely Hero for Climate Protection

  US Chamber Calls for Global Powers for Congress 0

  Posted 1 month, 1 week ago

  I couldn't help wonder what kind of stories the Chamber hoped to generate with the statement it issued earlier today. So I leaned back, closed my eyes, and used my imagination:

  US Chamber Emerges as Unlikely Hero for Climate Protection; Calls for Global Powers for Congress

  In a surprising departure from its century long-fight for free enterprise, the US Chamber of Commerce has laid out an ambitious set of legislative principles on climate change, including one controversial position that could require amending the Constitution to permit global expansion of Congress' lawmaking powers.

  The principles were described in a… Read More

• Another company smacks the "Chamber of No"

  PNM Resources quits US Chamber board 0

  Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

  In yet another blow to the prestige and credibility of the US Chamber of Commerce, PNM Resources announced that it had given up its seat on the US Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and issued a statement criticizing the Chamber's stance on global warming.

  Kate Galbraith at the New York Times reported on the new rift:

  "We strongly disagree with the chamber's position on climate change legislation and particularly reject its recent theatrics" in calling for a review of the E.P.A.'s findings, Don Brown, a spokesman for PNM Resources, a New Mexico-based utility holding company,… Read More

• Who's getting railroaded?

  Is Chamber of Commerce prez biased on climate because of his ties to Union Pacific railroad? 1

  Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago

  Why is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on such a different page from its major members when it comes to climate change legislation?

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  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, 3 months ago 13 Responses