US firms quit Chamber of Commerce
| By Mike Collins - Sep 29th, 2009 at 1:50 pm EDT |
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Categories: Environment / Conservation, Smart Energy Policy, Consumer and Worker Protection, Media Accountability, Corporate Accountability / Workers' Rights, Animal Welfare
Categories: Environment / Conservation, Smart Energy Policy, Consumer and Worker Protection, Media Accountability, Corporate Accountability / Workers' Rights, Animal Welfare
US firms quit Chamber of Commerce over climate change position
Nike and Johnson & Johnson among corporations resigning from business organisation in protest over chamber's resistance to 'cap-and-trade' legislation
The US Chamber of Commerce has been accused by Pacific Gas & Electric of 'extreme rhetoric and obstructionist tactics' for its opposition to action on climate change.
The largest American business federation, the US Chamber of Commerce, has suffered a rash of high-profile walkouts as multinational companies become uncomfortable with the organisation's hard-line opposition to measures tackling climate change.
Continued:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/29/us-chamber-commerce-climate-change
Nike and Johnson & Johnson among corporations resigning from business organisation in protest over chamber's resistance to 'cap-and-trade' legislation
The US Chamber of Commerce has been accused by Pacific Gas & Electric of 'extreme rhetoric and obstructionist tactics' for its opposition to action on climate change.
The largest American business federation, the US Chamber of Commerce, has suffered a rash of high-profile walkouts as multinational companies become uncomfortable with the organisation's hard-line opposition to measures tackling climate change.
Continued:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/29/us-chamber-commerce-climate-change
