NEWS + RESEARCH
The Keystone XL Pipeline: When Native Activism Conflicts with the U.S. Chamber’s Lobbying
(April 14, 2022) While they claim to support environmental justice, the Chamber’s record has shown otherwise. The Keystone XL pipeline is just one example of their ardent support for fossil fuel interests.
The U.S. Chamber Backs Water Pollution
(April 1, 2022) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has and will continue to fight for free market polluting principles that show their greed and disregard for our planet.
Celebrating Women’s History Month
(March 6, 2022) By including and uplifting the voices of women and supporting female-led initiatives in the climate change conversation, we broaden and deepen our understanding of a problem that disproportionately affects not only women, but many other marginalized communities.
Changes at the U.S. Chamber Have Caused Some in the GOP to Jump Ship
(March 5, 2022) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has recently revitalized its website and unveiled its new logo this past October in an effort that seems to point to a rebranding of its values and direction as a trade organization.
President Biden’s Justice For All with Justice40
(January 20, 2022) Justice40 is a necessary and long-overdue commitment to disadvantaged communities and a positive step towards ensuring environmental justice.
How the Chamber is Creating Climate Refugees
(November 30, 2021) As a result of climate change and fossil fuel expansion promoted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Native Americans are becoming examples of our country’s first climate refugees.
U.S. Chamber sells out our economic future in report against Budget Reconciliation
(September 23, 2021) The Chamber of Commerce's report on Budget Reconciliation lacks greater understanding of the importance of American families and the environment on our economy.
Debunking the U.S. Chamber’s Narrative on CCUS and our Zero Emission Future
(August 26, 2021) Disproving the Chamber's climate policy and showing a market pathway towards zero emission clean electricity.
Privatization of Public Infrastructure leaves both Americans and Decarbonization Efforts Vulnerable
(July 16, 2021) Bipartisan infrastructure bill means privatization that hinders our decarbonization efforts and ultimately is paid for by everyday people.
U.S. Chamber Secretly Funds Local Media
(June 26, 2021) A deep dive into the tangled web of Chamber-affiliated funds that make their way to local news media publications around the nation.
The U.S. Chamber, climate, and the federal minimum wage
(June 21, 2021) For working families squeezed by low wages, climate action can seem like a luxury our society cannot afford. The U.S. Chamber has always opposed raises to the federal minimum wage.
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?
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.
Green Energy Transition Can Create Thousands of Good-paying Jobs, New Report Suggests
(April 29, 2021) Researchers at Princeton University recently shared a working paper that confirms what some politicians, activists, and labor organizations have been saying for a long time: the green energy transition necessary to stop climate change can create thousands of good-paying jobs for U.S. workers.
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.