motherjones.com - 10/20/2009
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The Chamber of Commerce stunned DC on Monday by calling a last-minute press conference to announce a dramatic about-face in its climate policy it would not only stop opposing the Kerry-Boxer climate bill but would work with them to make it better. But the whole thing turned out to be a hoax ...
chamber-of-commerce.us - 10/19/2009
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Thank you very much, Sheila, and good day
to everyone. Today's momentous decision indeed comes after a...
difficult period - a very long one. In business, as in life, we sometimes don't look ahead. We seize the day while forgetting the year. Let's ...
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
motherjones.com - 10/16/2009
sfgate.com - 10/20/2009
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sfgate.com —
TGL has covered the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's
strange lobbying activities: It overtly claims it supports action...
just not any action anybody has ever suggested on climate change, while more covertly continuing to deny that climate change is real , ...
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Yes Men hit the Chamber of denial
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DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science —
... The Yes Men punked the Chamber yesterday in a fake news conference, drawing Chamber spokesman Eric Wohlschlegel into an uncomfortable position when real reporters started asking him why the Chamber is clinging to its position denying climate change. After stumbling through a few defensive replies, Wohlschlegel handed out business cards and left the scene. ...
GreenMonk news roundup 10/21/2009
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... – At the Right Price
“Nearly half of US consumers would be willing to consider a “green” cell phone, but only if the price, features, and performance were equivalent to a conventionally constructed phone. Just 7% would be willing to pay a premium, reports a survey of 1,000 American adults carried out by ABI Research.”
tags: mobile sustainability, greenmonktv, green handset, mobile phone
The Yes Men Punk the Chamber | Mother Jones
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US Chamber of Commerce Punks the Yes Men
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... BPSDBThe US Chamber of Commerce (CoC) disrupted a Yes Men /Avaaz Action Factory press conference on Monday as part of an elaborate prank meant to distract attention from the Chamber’s regressive and ignorant stance on climate issues. Some have suggested that it was the Yes Men who were pranking the US Chamber of Commerce (here and here) rather than the other way around. However, given that the Yes Men’s climate policies (full text of speech here ...
News From Mother Jones: October 22 - Policing Nuclear Power, Bicycling for 350 & Cute Sea Otters!
TreeHugger —
It's been a busy week over at Mother Jones: First, there's been quite a stir over the Yes Men pranksters' Chamber of Commerce shenanigans, and earlier this week MoJo blogger Kate Sheppard appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show to talk about the stunt. Watch her charm the pants off viewers everywhere Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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The Yes Men prank the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
mnn.com 10/21/2009 — This is pure comic gold.
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Today they pulled one over on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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theyesmen.org 10/19/2009 — See video clips below! Full confrontation, Rachel Maddow, etc. Monday, October 19, 2009, 4 PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WILL THE REAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEASE STAND UP? Business as usual; Chamber is its own parody Contacts: people@theyesmen.org , ...
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whodoesthechamberrepresent.org 10/5/2009 — In August, the U.S. Chamber called for a ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ to put “the science of climate change on trial.” [1] Then some of the Chamber’s own members resigned from the Chamber board or left the federation entirely due to its opposition to climate ...
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