From the U. Balancing these priorities requires greater consideration of the complex processes driving climate change and increased attention to adaptation measures. We must increase our investment in climate science, which will enable us to adjust policies as scientific understanding advances. At the federal level, we need better coordination and collaboration across agencies for policy coherence and balance. Chamber of Commerce.
Archived February 6, Archived May 11, But the EPA has begun issuing a rash of new regulations that are making it difficult to operate coal plants and virtually impossible to build a new ones. The government must phase out subsidies and reform its policies, which have fallen out of sync with the realities of their supply and the operation of power markets.
These resources have already improved our economy by creating jobs, spurring manufacturing, and forcing us to shift from a mindset of energy scarcity to energy opportunity. Unfortunately, the federal government has not kept pace with the changing the landscape. Not only have our policies not been updated, but the EPA is on a long march toward regulating almost all aspects of our economy, placing our global competitiveness at risk.
It has vigorously opposed legislation in Congress that would require groups like it to identify their biggest contributors when they spend money on campaign ads. As it is not required to disclose its donors, the precise funding values of the US Chamber of Commerce are unclear. The following is a brief summary based on available data compiled by the Conservative Transparency project, and only a small sample of the full funding received by the Chamber.
Accessed February 25, Not all funding values have been verified by DeSmog. The affiliated U. See publicly-available IRS forms below:. OpenSecrets reports that the U. Accessed September 14, Chamber as recently as Accessed September, Chamber on appropriate strategies to pursue. View the attached spreadsheet for more information and a listing of US Chamber Board membership by both organization individual.
Archived June 30, Chamber] has funded, led, and participated in the Climate Change Countermovement network, contributed to developing and deploying climate misinformation, and today remains one of the most powerful institutions in Washington. In other words, the challenge that the Chamber poses to climate action in has once again changed form, rather than disappeared.
Chamber of Commerce as an early client. Archived at DeSmog. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry documents library. Bates No. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents library. Archived September 13, Audience Question: You mentioned the endangerment finding earlier.
Is there any momentum behind that thought? I think people here can appreciate how much political capital that would cost. People who probably voted for Donald Trump. Because of the endangerment finding it has to get regulated, unless Congress actually repeals that.
The reality is there is an absolute incentive for the environmentalists to cut a compromise because they need some sort of codified regulation. Or you have one bad court ruling, and it just goes away. Also, you have industry. Archived September 14, Grist magazine reports that the U.
Chamber of Commerce is the latest conservative group to spread anti-solar messages. In an email, the Chamber opposes net metering, a policy that pays back people who are feeding solar power back into the grid from solar panels.
Archived June 24, So, who is actually paying those costs? You — and everyone else! Chamber email reads. The Senate report found that none of the U. Archived July 4, Chamber of Congress , April 18, Archived June 20, Retrieved from DocumentCloud.
Chamber of Commerce and dozens more. The Guardian also analysed and reported on the Peabody bankruptcy findings : 81 Suzanne Goldenberg and Helena Bengtsson. Meanwhile, Americans for Prosperity campaigns against carbon pricing. The Oklahoma chapter was on the list. Retrieved from consideringthegrid. Senators sent letters to the Board of Directors for all member companies of the U. Letter signatories included: 86 Press Release.
The tour ended in Nebraska , the final state on the pipeline route. Chamber of Commerce, May 28, Archived September 15, The Shale Works for US campaign will help educate the public and the business community about the benefits and opportunities presented by increased shale production.
Chamber of Commerce filed a brief urging the U. Court of Appeals to reject a challenge to the federal offshore permitting process that would halt offshore oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Every drop of oil we produce in the Gulf generates investment in the U. S and reduces our dependence on oil from unstable regions. In addition, if successful, this lawsuit could put tens of thousands of Americans out of work at a time when unemployment is already far too high. Chamber of Commerce was one of several groups represented at a White House Meeting to lobby against ozone regulations.
Archived May 4, According to White House meeting records , those present included:. Chamber of Commerce wants middle school students to consider what would happen if government regulations shut down the coal industry or another domestic energy source. Dan Weiss, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, suggested the Chamber has ulterior motives.
Months after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, recognized as the worst oil spill in Oil History , the U. Nike Inc. Chamber of Commerce of making decisions on climate and energy policy without approval from its board of directors, The New York Times reported.
We were not consulted. Nike had told the chamber that it wanted to be consulted on climate issues. Archived January 11, Archived January 13, In some cases, a crisis such as a hurricane, or an opportunity, like attracting a rail connection or promoting an airport expansion, has led to the formation of a chamber that remains viable for decades.
New chambers have also been formed out of disagreements or disgruntlement about the direction, position or focus of an existing chamber. Like other businesses, chambers also dissolve and merge based on economic or other conditions. Both the economic recession and increased focus on regionalism appear to be driving increased examination of the benefits of mergers. The chambers in the US and Canada are not bound together under contracts or government regulations.
There is no chapter or franchise arrangement between or among them. There can be very strong relationships between neighboring organizations, but those relationships are voluntary and informal rather than required or written. Chambers interact with each other across the nation and the globe — many even maintain formal memberships in other chambers — but the network is informal. Local chambers are often, but not always , paying members of their state and national chambers of commerce.
This connection is one of voluntary membership and does not extend to control or governance. A significant number of chamber executives also choose to join professional associations of their peers, such as the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, the Western Association of Chamber Executives, State Chamber Executive Associations, or the World Chambers Federation.
These memberships are for professional development purposes similar to those of any trade association and, once again, the relationships do not involve the abdication of self-determination. The most difficult aspect for the general public, media, government officials and even some businesses to understand is that there is literally no inherent hierarchical structure in the chamber world. This can be extremely confusing to those who naturally assume that a few thousand entities sharing the same name must be related and that some ordered lineage must exist among them.
That is simply not the case in the US. When business and economic policy priorities align, which is usually the case, chambers of all sizes attempt to work together and speak with a unified voice. Inevitably, conflicting positions will arise about some issues, or about strong positions or lack thereof of chambers at various levels.
To illustrate: The head of a community-based organization like a retired citizen group may wrongly assume that a position taken by a state chamber is shared and endorsed by their local chamber. Likewise, a large metropolitan chamber of commerce could take a strong position in favor of an infrastructure project or educational reform initiative, which will not be embraced or supported by suburban chambers operating within the same metro region.
Any individual chamber may take a very visible, contradictory stand on that same international visitor policy. On certain issues at certain times, the US Chamber can organize thousands of its member chambers and associations into a unified grassroots lobbying force. They earn that privilege by attracting numerous and large heterogeneous employers to their membership and leadership, as well as by utilizing their collective voice on meaningful policy initiatives. Even small organizations, however, take stands on regional issues ranging from school funding to road development.
The processes of choosing and articulating specific policy positions vary by organization and issue. For the most part, a vote or expression of consensus of a chamber board of directors determines the stand to be taken in the name of that chamber on any issue. Our goal is to be the most strategic, dynamic, and influential business association in Vietnam, that drives innovation and sustainable growth — and helps our members succeed.
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