Tell Big Business: Quit the Chamber of Commerce - Join the Planet! (CREDO action)

[Triana]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has staked out an extremist position on climate change. We're targeting every CEO on the board, asking them to quit the Chamber. If you're a customer of these companies, your signature can help make an impact.


http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/chamber_of_commerce/

[tridim]

1. Tell the entire CoC to quit..

It's a RW/neocon/lobbying dinosaur. Worthless.

Lets set up a progressive alternative and prevent corporate criminals from joining.

[Triana]

4. I 100% agree. I H8 the CoC, actually. n/t

[Romulox]

2. What about the crass rightwing economics the CoC has always espoused?

That was never a good enough reason to quit. :shrug:

[Triana]

5. I agree w/ previous poster - just get rid of the effing CoC. n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. The majority of voting board members are oil, gas and transportation

On its website, the Chamber says that it asks for the views of its members "on certain key issues through meetings, mailings, and surveys." But most important decisions are supposed to go through its board and policy committees. New members of the board must be selected by the board's nominating committee and and approved by its sitting members. Though the board officially strives for a diverse membership, of its 118 members, only 1 represents a local chamber and only 6 are from small businesses. The rest are highly capitalized regional, national, or international corporations.

An unusually large portion of the more than 100 board members come from companies tied to the production or burning of fossil fuels. At least 49 of 118 board members represent oil and gas companies, chemical companies, utilities, transportation companies, the construction industry, or companies that build machines that burn large amounts of petroleum. Three of the five members of the board's senior council represent such interests. Only two board member companies, Siemens and Alpha Technologies, earn a significant portion of their revenues from alternative energy technologies.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/10/chamber-commerce-vs-climate-change


Good luck on that crap