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Chamber CEO: Climate Change Flap Is Working Out Great For Us
Zachary Roth | October 26, 2009, 4:40PM
Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue
Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue is trying to spin the flap over his lobby group's stance on global warming in his favor -- but he won't even admit that climate change is real.
"Is the science right? Is science not right? I don't know," Donohue said during a seventy-five minute sit-down with business-friendly Politico.
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Global Warming
Behind Chamber Controversy: What's Driving Energy Firms On Climate Change?
Zachary Roth | October 15, 2009, 3:52PM
Lately, we've been documenting the exodus of companies from the Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to serious efforts to address global warming.
But as the Senate gets set to take up climate change legislation, already passed by the House, there's a larger question behind the Chamber's woes: What's motivating energy-sector companies on both sides of the issue, and how are their positions affecting the debate on Capitol Hill?
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