Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
The US Chamber's extreme position on climate has been drawing fire for a long time, and dissatisfaction with the US Chamber is growing as more and more businesses say that the Chamber doesn't represent them on climate and other issues. ...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
The US Chamber's recently exposed interest in commissioning a study to put health reform in a bad light isn't the first time the federation has shown its willingness to trumpet questionable analyses about proposals it doesn't like. Heck, the US...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Looks like we'll have to add a new category to our US Chamber Climate Credibility Crisis Counter (honk if you love alliteration.) As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, Duke Energy has cut the electric utility's contributions to the Chamber...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
John Broder has an illuminating story in today's New York Times "Storm Over the Chamber" discussing the US Chamber of Commerce's climate crisis and how Mr. Donohue's style exacerbates it. Tellingly, the story begins with an anecdote that suggests where...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Coal companies and the nation's biggest railroad association accounted for fifty 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 reports today. Yowza! Arch Coal, Peabody and...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
The US 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. We think everyone...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Global warming is a complex subject, but NRDC's own President Frances Beinecke has nailed the essentials in a highly-readable and compelling little book called Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change. In just 99...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
It is hard to beat the US Chamber's tin ear when it comes to climate change, but I have to hand it to ACCCE - they have managed, once again, to put themselves at the head of the "blundering boob...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
The US Chamber would like you to know that it hasn't changed its position on climate, no matter what its recent letter to the Hill might have implied. According to a fresh blog post by Bruce Josten, the letter's author,...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Yesterday the US Chamber sent a letter to Senators Boxer and Inhofe about the climate bill. It seemed to be singing a new tune on climate policy, leading Senator Kerry to wonder whether the letter reflects a real change in...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
The US Chamber's penetrating Facebook poll on current public policy issues - Which piece of legislation is worse? - The Health Care Reform Bills including a government-run plan - The Climate Change Bill (Waxman-Markey Bill) - Other has brought to mind some additional...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
If there is a contest for dumbest poll question someone could post on their Facebook page, I'm pretty sure the US Chamber of Commerce has just won it. What's the question? As found on the Chamber's Facebook page, Which piece...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Reuters is reporting that Cisco Systems says it disagrees with the US Chamber's position on climate. This week two of the lobbying group's most powerful members, the conglomerate General Electric Co and the telecommunications equipment provider Cisco Systems Inc told...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
This is a big week in Washington for clean energy legislation. Marathon hearings are taking place in the U.S. Senate. Yesterday, President Obama announced the largest investment in energy grid technology in U.S. history. And Vice President Biden let us...
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Recently, when someone talks about the US Chamber of Commerce using words and phrases like "false," "dishonest," "blatant distortions," "the Chamber dishonestly portrays our position," "indifferent to the truth," "hostile to the business community," we've come to expect that yet another US...
