{"id":1118,"date":"2009-09-22T16:49:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T21:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2009-11-05T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T19:50:27","slug":"pge-leaves-the-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-over-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/09\/22\/pge-leaves-the-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-over-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"PG&amp;E Leaves the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been one of the  loudest opponents of the American Clean Energy and Security Act &#8212; in spite of  the objections of some of its members. Now one of those members has decided the  rift is too big to ignore. PG&amp;E just announced that it has dropped out of  the Chamber because of &#8220;fundamental differences&#8221; over climate change.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.next100.com\/2009\/09\/irreconcilable-differences.php\">a PG&amp;E blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a letter, PG&amp;E Chairman and CEO Peter Darbee criticized the Chamber for taking an extreme position on climate change, which Darbee said does not represent the range of views among Chamber members.<\/li>\n<li>Darbee took the Chamber to task for its recent  demand that there be a &#8220;<a title=\"LA Times story\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-climate-trial25-2009aug25,0,901567.story\">Scopes monkey trial of the 21st  century<\/a>&#8221; to challenge the science on  climate change.<\/li>\n<li>Darbee said, &#8220;We find it dismaying that the Chamber neglects the indisputable fact that a decisive majority of experts have said the data on global warming are compelling and point to a threat that cannot be ignored.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other companies, including Nike and Johnson &amp; Johnson, have also <a title=\"Politico article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0509\/22101.html\">criticized the Chamber for its reactionary stance<\/A> on climate change.<\/p>\n<p>PG&amp;E, like EDF, is a member of <a href=\"http:\/\/us-cap.org\">USCAP<\/a> &#8212; a  group of corporations and environmental advocacy groups that are supporting a  cap on carbon pollution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been one of the loudest opponents of the American Clean Energy and Security Act &#8212; in spite of the objections of some of its members. 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