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Lauren Alshab Lauren Alshab

A fairer, more sustainable stakeholder economy

(May 31, 2021) Companies like Ben and Jerry’s and Patagonia are already making efforts to prioritize social and environmental issues. If these companies are seeing benefits in an economic structure that prioritizes stakeholder values, why don’t other companies make more efforts to transition to them?

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Measuring and Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S.

(April 30, 2021) How does the USA measure its emissions? Through the Environmental Protection Agency. Read about how the E.P.A.’s methodology for measuring greenhouse gas emissions has been buffeted by politics, in particular by pro- fossil fuel energy groups, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Lauren Alshab Lauren Alshab

U.S. Chamber Chokes Green Jobs

(April 6, 2021) The clean energy transition could create thousands of good jobs, but the solution is not simple. What is the Chamber’s answer? Defending fossil fuels and attacking workers.

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U.S. Chamber Protects Negligent Chemical Factory

(March 24, 2021) The U.S. Chamber supports large corporations in lawsuits triggered by environmental degradation they created. In these lawsuits, the U.S. Chamber helps corporations dodge claims by Americans directly hurt by the companies’ lack of environmental oversight and care.

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Lauren Alshab Lauren Alshab

U.S. Chamber Fought for Big Oil’s Right to Lie

(March 22, 2021) The U.S Chamber of Commerce continues to attempt to obstruct the search for accountability and truth in favor of promoting the fossil fuel industry’s desire to create and sell more polluting energy.

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Chamber Fights For Fracking, Against Pensioners

(March 13, 2021) In November 2020, the U.S. Chamber filed an amicus curiae brief in a lawsuit between a pension fund for firefighters and a fracking company. Their argument prioritized the short-term interests of the fossil fuel industry over the urgent need for a sustainable investment system.

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Lauren Alshab Lauren Alshab

Scoring the Chamber's Scorecard

(March 6, 2021) The Chamber’s new posturing on climate action clouds the fact that they haven’t made the concerted effort to consider candidates’ position on climate. To the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, we say this: If you want to stay relevant, you have to be constructive. Commit to supporting equitable, science-backed climate policy and urge your members to do the same.

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Lauren Alshab Lauren Alshab

Tom Donohue’s Climate Hypocrisy

(February 9, 2021) Tom Donohue, CEO of the Chamber, just announced that he is stepping down from his leadership position which he has held for more than 20 years. Donohue has been talking about climate out of both sides of his mouth. We are glad to see him leave.

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