The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the largest lobbying force in the nation, promoting a right-wing agenda as the “voice of business.” The Chamber claims that a cap-and-trade program to limit global warming pollution would “strangle the economy” and has even called for a “Scopes monkey trial” on the science of global warming.
Today, Exelon CEO John Rowe announced that his company — the largest electric utility company in the United States — would not renew its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of its opposition to global warming action.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
The Utilities Are Fleeing
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been captured by climate-change denialists, and that means the big utilities have to go. Pacific Gas & Electric, Public Service Co. of NM, Exelon, and others are now hitting the life rafts:
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