Chamber of Commerce Losing Members Over Its Opposition to Climate Change Legislation
The Chamber of Commerce has been very vocal in its opposition to energy and climate legislation. They’ve even gone so far as to suggest that climate change isn’t a real threat – despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. The Chamber has also called for a 21st Century “Scopes” trial to call the science of global warming into question (as the real 1926 Scopes trial called into question the science behind Darwinian evolution).
Well, that position has proved untenable. Two giant utility companies – PG&E and Exelon – are calling it quits over the Chamber’s position.
From PG&E’s statement:
PG& E Chairman and Chief Executive Peter Darbee wrote that company employees “find it dismaying that the Chamber neglects the indisputable fact that a decisive majority of experts have said the data on global warming are compelling and point to a threat that cannot be ignored.”
From Exelon’s statement:
Exelon has staked out an industry-leading position on the issue of climate change and, in the spirit of Daniel Burnham, we have launched our own “not so little plan” to eliminate the equivalent of our entire carbon footprint by the year 2020. I do not know if it will stir men’s souls, but I hope it will stir policymakers and others in our industry to action.
PNM Resources, another energy company, also recently severed ties to the Chamber, and Nike released a public statement denouncing the Chamber's position on climate change, and its on-going attempts to strip EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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