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The fraud, deceptive advertising, and other violations of Minnesota state law and common law that the lawsuit shows they perpetrated have harmed Minnesotans’ health and our state’s environment, infrastructure, and economy,”</span>&nbsp;said Attorney General Keith Ellison, as reported in the AG office press release. [88]</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“Previously unknown internal documents were recently discovered that confirm that Defendants well understood the devastating effects that their products would cause to the climate, including Minnesota, dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. But Defendants did not ever disclose to the public—or to Minnesotans—their actual knowledge that would confirm the very science they sought to undermine. Instead, Defendants, both directly and through proxies, engaged in a public-relations campaign that was not only false, but also highly effective. This campaign was intended to, and did, target and influence the public, and consumers, including in Minnesota,” the lawsuit reads.</span>&nbsp;[89]</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Discussing API‘s role:</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">“API has been a member of at least five organizations that have promoted disinformation about fossil-fuel products to consumers, including the Global Climate Coalition,&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Partnership for a Better Energy Future,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">&nbsp;Coalition for American Jobs, Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth, and Alliance for Climate Strategies</span>.</b>&nbsp;These front groups were formed to provide climate disinformation and advocacy from a seemingly objective source, when, in fact, they were financed and controlled by ExxonMobil and other sellers of fossil-fuel products. Defendants benefited from the spread of this disinformation.”</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On&nbsp;<b>Koch,</b>&nbsp;the lawsuit suggests that the company is liable for the various actions of its numerous subsidiaries involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum products. It also notes:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Koch also supports numerous foundations including the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, the Koch Institute, and the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation. Koch expects the foundations that it supports to fund groups that further its financial interests. Koch constructively controls how the foundations that it supports direct their philanthropic activities.”</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>It also notes that, like numerous other oil companies, “Koch also understood climate-change science, the connection to sales of its fossil fuel products, and the potential for catastrophic consequences before the science was widely understood by the general public.</b>”</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It highlights what appeared to be a coordinated effort by companies including Koch to “combat climate change ‘alarmists’ through a campaign focused on science, information dissemination, and politics.”&nbsp;<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">It highlights a 2006 memo from the Intermountain Rural Electric Association that outlined how Koch Industries was working with other large corporations including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Southern Company, American Electric Power (AEP), and National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Shortly after, the D.C. Attorney General’s Office joined in a similar lawsuit against BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell</b>. The lawsuit alleges the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies violated the District’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act by promoting and selling fossil fuel products contributing to global warming, while knowing about the harmful consequences since at least the 1950s. [90]</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The lawsuit highlights the industry’s use of fake grassroots groups, such as the Advancement of&nbsp;<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Sound Science&nbsp;</span>Coalition, which started out as a front group for tobacco giant Philip Morris in 1993.</b>&nbsp;This group had transitioned to become the Advancement of Sound Science Center in 1997 and was run out of the home of climate science denier&nbsp;<b>Steve Milloy, who most recently worked in public relations for coal company Murray Energy, before being disbanded</b>. [90]</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to a press release from the D.C. Attorney General’s Office, “The [oil] companies not only employed the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition — a fake grassroots citizen group created by Big Tobacco as part of the industry’s misinformation campaign — they also funded and promoted some of the same scientists hired by tobacco companies. These scientists disputed the conclusions of climate researchers, despite not having any training in climate science themselves.” [91]</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>“For decades, these oil and gas companies spent millions to mislead consumers and discredit climate science in pursuit of profits,” said AG Racine. “</b>The defendants violated the District’s consumer protection law by concealing the fact that using fossil fuels threatens the health of District residents and the environment. OAG filed this suit to end these disinformation campaigns and to hold these companies accountable for their deceptive practices.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/uploads/2/8/4/0/28401609/covercountermovementcoalitions.2.2019.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">http://www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/uploads/2/8/4/0/28401609/covercountermovementcoalitions.2.2019.pdf</a></font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The Partnership for a Better Energy Future (PBEF) is a coalition formed in 2014 consisting of 177 conservative organizations across the country, representing industry groups (primarily manufacturing, agriculture, mining, refining) and foundations devoted to free market principles, fossil fuel interests, and climate denial.&nbsp;</b>The coalition describes its purpose as educating and mobilizing “the broader business community and elected and public officials to address widespread concerns with forthcoming greenhouse gas rules.” From its formation until its dramatic halt in activity in the fall of 2015, PBEF antagonized “forthcoming greenhouse gas rules” in Obama’s EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), which it believed would pose an economic threat to its member organizations. PBEF acted as a tool for smaller-scale organizations to reconcile their specific policy priorities, moving towards sharing resources in a collective assault on the national Clean Power Plan.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;Its emergence represented a call by national pro-fossil fuel organizations for local actors to associate, to build an anti-CPP movement that extended beyond the fight’s central political juggernauts like ExxonMobil, Southern Company, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. While the PBEF’s member organizations feature some especially prominent influencers of right-wing energy policy and climate denialism such as the<b>&nbsp;American Petroleum Institute, t</b>he organization’s direct leadership is tied to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute/Institute for 21st Century Energy, whose respective presidents Jay Timmons and Karen Harbert serve as PBEF co-chairs. Both leaders boast impressive careers within the conservative network, and are still central actors today.&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Timmons, whose NAM has received millions each from Free Enterprise America, Freedom Partners, and the American Petroleum Institute, was recently featured in an October New York Times article about the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement speaking on behalf of all American “industry groups.” Harbert has been very active in the last decade, advocating for hydraulic fracturing and the Keystone XL pipeline in 2013, testifying in the Senate to ban crude oil exports in 2015, vocally opposing the Clean Power Plan in 2016, and maintaining throughout the position that climate change is “an open discussion” not necessarily caused...</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">~ CPP]</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">During this fourteen month period, PBEF was highly active on Twitter, tweeting and retweeting more than 1,200 times, compared to scattered one-or-twice-a-month retweets throughout fall 2015 and 2016 before tapering off completely. The content overwhelmingly concerns the EPA, the CPP, and other regulations, giving updates, pointing out flaws, giving state-by-state policy impact statistics, and more. Furthermore<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">, PBEF’s retweets provide insights about the network of partner organizations surrounding the coalition -- common pages include the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), The American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy, the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee, the Republicans of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works Energy, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and their Global Energy Institute, Peabody Energy, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Most of these organizations are PBEF members, with the key exception of the Senate committee and Peabody Energy, a Fortune 500 coal corporation. Despite their targeted social media use, information about PBEF in media sources and documentation databases is limited even during their most active years. Reporting about the coalition seems to appear exclusively in pro-climate action research publications, and content published by its member organizations. Because of this, information about the strategies and activities PBEF participated in during their fight against the CPP or about the source and recipients of their funding is limited. When Donald Trump won the Presidency in November 2016 and his administration’s EPA head Scott Pruitt announced his plan to repeal the CPP, the PBEF’s website blog page as well as its Facebook and Twitter pages went silent. It is difficult to ascertain whether the coalition completely disbanded. As an organization fundamentally created to oppose an EPA program, the shift in leadership represents a win for PBEF’s central mission and thus an understandable decrease in activity.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">no lnx ,amy</font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The Climate Change Countermovement: Brown University Report and Panel</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Climate Investigations Center on&nbsp;<b>February 28, 2019</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kert Davies</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">That said, the Chamber vowed in an August 24 press release to "do everything [it] can to prevent" the proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill—which would slash carbon emissions from the electric power and transportation sectors—"from becoming law." And in a section on its website addressing climate change, the Chamber calls for "the increased use of natural gas" to make "further progress."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Increase the use of natural gas?! That runs counter to what climate science says about the need to swiftly decarbonize the energy sector, essentially trading one major carbon pollution source—coal—for another—methane, which is 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet. Moreover, according to a December 2019 study in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters, the carbon dioxide emissions attributable to the boom in natural gas use over the last decade alone have now surpassed the emissions avoided by closing coal-fired power plants.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce represents 3 million American businesses, making it the largest business organization in the world.48 The Chamber is funded by major corporate polluters and is currently receiving millions of dollars from Exxon Mobil. Even when directly asked, its executives have not admitted that human activity is the cause of climate change. The Chamber has criticized both the targets set out in the Paris Agreement as well as the measures proposed to meet them, and yet it is still granted a seat at the table at the UNFCCC. Further, it does nothing to promote the cutting of emissions and has aggressively sought to stop domestic climate policies in their tracks.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;In 2015 Exxon Mobil gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation US$1,000,000 for “public information and policy research,” pledging a total of US$5,000,000 between 2014-2018.49 It has also received funding from other big polluters, like Chevron 50 and Peabody Energy.51-52 Executives from Peabody Energy, ConocoPhillips, and Sempra Energy also sit on its board of directors.53 What it says about climate change and its causes The Chamber publicly claims it “strongly supports continued environmental improvements, including sensible approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”54 In March 2014, for example, Karen Alderman Harbert, president and CEO of the Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, insisted that the Chamber has “been a proponent on research and development, on advanced technologies, [and] the biggest supporter on energy efficiency legislation.”55&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”54 In March 2014, for example, Karen Alderman Harbert, president</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">and CEO of the Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, insisted that the Chamber has “been a proponent on</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">research and development, on advanced technologies, [and] the biggest supporter on energy efficiency legislation.”55</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But when directly asked four times if the Chamber acknowledges that climate change is real and caused by humans,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">At COP21 in Paris, the Chamber stressed the need for business inclusion at UNFCCC negotiations and called for climate</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">negotiators to “establish a defined and recognized role for business engagement in the final Paris Agreement.”59 But its</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">critiques of critical elements of the Paris Agreement raise questions as to where the Chamber’s true interest lies.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">describing it as “a particularly egregious case of regulatory overreach.”60 It asked that the U.S. government “reissue a</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">WASHINGTON, DC - D.O.E. (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Karen Alderman Harbert today announced that she will resign her position in late February. As Assistant Secretary, she has served as the primary policy advisor to U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman and the D.O.E. on domestic and international energy issues, new policy initiatives, climate change programs and regulatory concerns since December 2004. She is leaving D.O.E. to join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy as the Executive Vice President and Managing Director.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Secretary Bodman today made the following statement on the resignation of Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"The D.O.E. has benefited greatly from Karen's leadership as Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs. As a member of my senior leadership team, her experience and total commitment to the job have enabled the Department to accomplish many of its priorities and have been essential in implementing the President's energy policies. As the Department's chief advisor on international affairs, Karen's cogent and informed views have been invaluable. She has negotiated and advanced key bilateral and multilateral partnerships that will strengthen not only the energy security of this country, but the global community as well. I thank Karen for her distinguished service and wish her, her husband, and their 2 children the very best."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Assistant Secretary Harbert's resignation will be effective February 22, 2008. Harbert has held senior positions in several Administrations as well as in multilateral international organizations and the private sector. She also currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the International Energy Agency, which advises its 27 member nations on energy policy issues and orchestrates international responses to energy supply disruptions.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">D.O.E. Assistant Secretary Declares Resignation&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">WASHINGTON, DC - D.O.E. (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Karen Alderman Harbert today announced that she will resign her position in late February. As Assistant Secretary, she has served as the primary policy advisor ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Assistant Secretary of Energy to Highlight the Advanced Energy Initiative at Johnson Controls' 17th Yearly Energy Efficiency Forum&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">... efficiency at Johnson Controls' 17th Yearly Energy Efficiency Forum in Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary Karsner will promote President Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative and discuss the advancement of ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Assistant Secretary of Energy to Highlight American Competitiveness Initiative at DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, May 5, 2006, D.O.E. (DOE) Assistant Secretary Karen A. Harbert will host a media availability to discuss the economic significance of President Bush's newly announced American Competitiveness Initiative ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">D.O.E. Assistant Secretary to Participate in the Advanced Energy Initiative Economic Symposium at University of Arkansas&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">WASHINGTON , D.C. - Today, Friday, March 10, 2006, D.O.E. (DOE) Assistant Secretary Karen A. Harbert will participate in the Advanced Energy Initiative Economic Symposium hosted by BioBased Technologies and the ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">U.S. Under Secretary of Energy to Highlight the Economic Impact of New Technology Development with Representative Deb Pryce at American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Media Availability to Follow WASHINGTON , D.C. - On Friday, March 10, 2006, U.S. Under Secretary of Energy David ... economic significance of President Bush's newly announced American Competitiveness and Advanced Energy Initiatives. Media interested ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">D.O.E. Official Highlights President Bush’s Energy Initiatives&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">... , D.O.E. Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Karen A. Harbert toured the Steelcase Wood Plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Secretary Bodman to Promote President Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative in Merrimack , New Hampshire with Reps. Jeb Bradley and Charles Bass&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">WASHINGTON , DC - In effort to promote President Bush's energy initiatives, tomorrow, February 23, 2006, Secretary of ... Bodman will make around the country this week to promote President Bush's energy initiatives. Secretary Bodman's 1st stop included a ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">http://www.desmogblog.com/us-chamber-commerce</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Background</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce describes itself as “the world’s largest business organization representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions.” The primary focus of the U.S. Chamber is advocacy and lobbying for pro-business policies. In 2015, the chamber spent more than $80 million on lobbying efforts. [1]&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors, which it says “determine the U.S. Chamber's policy positions on business issues and advise the U.S. Chamber on appropriate strategies to pursue,” includes representation from the fossil fuel industry such as ConocoPhillips and Consol Energy (one of the biggest coal producers in the&nbsp; US), large pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Bayer, and the tobacco company Altria (formerly Philip Morris). [2] [3]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce runs the Institute for 21st Century Energy, a group with the stated mission to “unify policymakers, regulators, business leaders, and the American public behind a common sense energy strategy to help keep America secure, prosperous, and clean. ” [4]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to the institute's president, Karen A. Harbert, the federal government “has not kept pace with the changing the [sic] landscape” and that in order to “make America a true energy superpower” the country should pursue “offshore energy development” and improve infrastructure. The institute also opposes regulations on coal, advocates eliminating subsidies for renewable energy, and has fought against the EPA. [5]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">During a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Menendez asked the Chamber's Karen Harbert whether the US Chamber of Commerce agrees that climate change is real and caused by humans.&nbsp; After being repeatedly pressed by Menendez for a direct response, Harbert admitted that&nbsp; “The climate is warming, without a doubt,” however she claimed the science was not settled as to whether it is caused by human activites: [9]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“It is caused by lots of different things, and you can't say that climate change is only caused by humans,” Harbert said. “I think the science is what you're pointing to, and we have a robust debate going on in this country, as we should, and those that would say everything is settled sort of undercut the integrity of science. It's an ongoing discussion.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas J. Donohue — President and CEO</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shannon DiBari — Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ann Beauchesne — Senior Vice President, National Security & Emergency Preparedness Department</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Myron Brilliant — Executive Vice President and Head of International</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lily Fu Claffee — Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and General Counsel; Executive Vice President, U.S.Chamber Litigation Center</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Suzanne Clark — Executive Vice President</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas Collamore — Senior Vice President, Communications and Strategy and Counselor to the President (Past VP ofPhilip Morris Corporate Affairs)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rob Engstrom — Senior Vice President, Political Affairs & Federation Relations and National Political Director</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Amanda Engstrom Eversole — President, Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation; Senior Vice President, U.S.Chamber of Commerce; and Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Alderman Harbert — President and CEO, Institute for 21st Century Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stan Harrell — Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David Hirschmann — Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; President & CEO, U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness; President and CEO, the Global Intellectual Property Center</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jack Howard — Senior Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Randy Johnson — Senior Vice President, Labor, Immigration and Employee Benefits</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">R. Bruce Josten — Executive Vice President, Government Affairs</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">William Kovacs — Senior Vice President, Environment, Technology and Regulatory Affairs&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John G. Murphy — Senior Vice President for International Policy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Marty Regalia — Senior Vice President and Chief Economist</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lisa Rickard — President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, President, Workforce Freedom Initiative, Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John Sullivan — Executive Director, Center for International Private Enterprise</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Agnes Warfield-Blanc — Senior Vice President, Development</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Board of Directors</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The US Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors represent a wide range of companies with representation from energy companies, coal/oil/natural gas producers, pharmaceutical companies, chemical manufacturers, and the tobacco industry (see below). [3]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to Chamber's website, “Directors determine the U.S. Chamber's policy positions on business issues and advise theU.S. Chamber on appropriate strategies to pursue.” [2]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Energy Industry</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">CONSOL Energy, Inc.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">AGL Resources Inc.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Black Hills Corporation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ConocoPhillips</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Florida Power & Light Company</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Phillips 66</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sempra Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Southern Company</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Laclede Group</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pharmaceuticals</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bayer</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Celgene Corporation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Emergent BioSolutions Inc.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pfizer, Inc.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sanofi US Services Inc.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rail Transport</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">BNSF Railway Company</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Union Pacific Corporation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tobacco</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Altria Client Services</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As of February, 2016, the following Directors were listed on the Chamber's website. View the attached spreadsheet for further details on industry representation at the US Chamber of Commerce (.xlsx): [3]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Name<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Industry</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Adam Cooper<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Citadel LLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Andrew Abboud<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Las Vegas Sands Corp.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Casino</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Andrew D. Lundquist<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>ConocoPhillips<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Anthony J. Allott<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Silgan Holdings Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Food Industry</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Boland T. Jones<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>PGi<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bradley M. Halverson<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Caterpillar Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Heavy Equipment</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brandon W. Sweitzer<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>DryStone Capital LLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Law Firm</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brian O'Hara<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Front Street Advisors, Ltd.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruce A. Gates<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Altria Client Services<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tobacco</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C. Clayton Reasor<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Phillips 66<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C. Howard Nye<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Martin Marietta Materials<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Materials/Mining</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C.A. Howlett<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Indigo Partners, LLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Charles Copeland<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Associates International, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Printing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Charles J. Kalil<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Dow Chemical Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Chemicals</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Charles R. Stamp, Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Deere & Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Heavy Equipment</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Christel Slaughter, Ph.D.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>SSA Consultants<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Consulting</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Christopher B. Lofgren, Ph.D.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Schneider National, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Food Industry</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Christopher C. Womack<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Southern Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chuck Brymer<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>DDB Worldwide Communications Group, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Marketing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Craig L. Fuller<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Fuller Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Consulting</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Cynthia Stinger<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>AECOM Technology Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Consulting</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Daniel F. Packer<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Darlene M. Miller<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>PERMAC Industries<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Manufacturing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David Jacobson <span style="white-space:pre"> </span>BMO Financial Group<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David R. Emery<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Black Hills Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David T. Seaton<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fluor Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Construction</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dayton H. Molendorp<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Donald J. Shepard<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>AEGON N.V.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. Rajendra Singh<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Telcom Ventures, L.L.C.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Edgar L. Smith, Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>World Pac Paper, LLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Paper</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Edward B. Rust Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>State Farm Insurance Companies<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Insurance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Edward Wanandi<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>International Merchants, LLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Elaine R. Leavenworth<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Abbott<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Health Care</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Elanna S. Yalow, Ph.D., M.B.A.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Knowledge Universe<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Education</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Eric Silagy<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Florida Power & Light Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ernest Green, Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>E&E Enterprises Global, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>IT</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Frank C. Sullivan<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>RPM International Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Chemicals</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Frank L. VanderSloot<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Melaleuca, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Health Products</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fred Kaiser<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Alpha Technologies, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Power Delivery/Generation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Frederick Kempe<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Atlantic Council<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fuad El-Hibri<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Emergent BioSolutions Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pharmaceuticals</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Gerald L. Shaheen<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>FORD Motor Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Automotive</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Greg Lebedev<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Robertson Foundation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Philanthropy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Gregory Irace<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sanofi US Services Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pharmaceuticals</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">H.P. Goldfield<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Consulting</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hank Linginfelter<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>AGL Resources Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Harold Turner, Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The H.L. Turner Group Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Engineering</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Harry C. Alford<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>National Black Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nonprofit</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hector Barreto<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Latino Coalition<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nonprofit</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">James A. Hixon<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Norfolk Southern Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">James E. Stephenson<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Yancey Bros. Co.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Heavy Equipment</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">James M. Power<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>CUNA Mutual Group<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">James W. Cicconi<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>AT&T, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Telecommunications</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">James W. Mendenhall<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mendenhall & Associates<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jan L. Jones Blackhurst<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Caesars Entertainment Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Casino</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jeffrey K. Rageth<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>3M<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Manufacturing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jessie J. Knight, Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sempra Energy<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Joan Woodward<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Travelers Companies, Inc.; Travelers Institute<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Insurance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John Cannon<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Health Care Service Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Health Insurance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John F. Biagas<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bay Electric Co., Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Power Delivery/Generation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John L. Hopkins<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>NuScale Power LLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nuclear Power Supplier</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John Ruan III<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ruan Transportation Management Systems, BTCFinancial Corporation, Ruan, Incorporated<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John W. Bachmann<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Edward Jones<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Joseph B. Ucuzoglu<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Deloitte & Touche LLP<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Joseph W. Craft III<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Materials/Mining</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kane Calamari<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ace Hardware Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen M. Olson Beenken<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Blue Rock Companies<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Distribution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kathy G. Beckett<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Steptoe & Johnson PLLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Law Firm (Energy Industry)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ken W. Cole<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pfizer, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pharmaceuticals</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kim T. Rumph<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Brambles Limited<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Distribution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lance M. Fritz<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Union Pacific Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rail Transport</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lane Beattie<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Salt Lake Chamber<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Business Association</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Laura Lane<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>United Parcel Service<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shipping</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lee R. Anderson, Sr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>APi Group, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Construction</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LeRoy Walker, Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>LTM Enterprises<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Manuel Perez de la Mesa<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pool Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark D. French<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Leading Authorities, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Consulting</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark E. Watson III<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Argo Group International Holdings Ltd<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Insurance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark S. Ordan<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>WPGlimcher<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shopping Centres</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Martin H. Richenhagen<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>AGCO Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Agriculture Equipment</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Matthew K. Rose<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>BNSF Railway Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rail Transport</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Maura W. Donahue<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>DonahueFavret Contractors Holding Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Construction</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Michael J. Graff<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Industrial Supplier</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Michael L. Ducker <span style="white-space:pre"> </span>FedEx Freight<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shipping</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Michelle H. Browdy<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>International Business Machines (IBM)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Computer Technology</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mick Truitt<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ludlum Measurements, Inc<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Radiation Detection</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nicholas J. DeIuliis<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>CONSOL Energy, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Coal/Gas</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Norman C. Chambers<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>NCI Building Systems, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Construction</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Patricia Elizondo<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Xerox Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Patrick M. Finken<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Odney<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Paul J. Klaassen<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Paul S. Speranza<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Food Industry</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Paul W. Jones<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>A.O. Smith Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Philip D. Kennedy<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Comanche Lumber Co., Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ralph de la Torre<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Steward Health Care System LLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Health Care</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rance C. Miles<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Select Milk Producers, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Food Industry</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Randal K. Quarles<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Cynosure Group<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Raymond F. Kerins Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bayer<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pharmaceuticals</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Richard Bagger<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Celgene Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pharmaceuticals</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Richard J. Tobin<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>CNH Industrial N.V.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Manufacturing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Richard K. Studley, IOM<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Michigan Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Richard L. McNeel<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>LORD Corporation<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Manufacturing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Robert D. Fatovic<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ryder System, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Robert O. Agbede<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Chester Group<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Power Delivery/Generation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Robert S. Milligan<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Wood Stieper Capital Group<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Scott Anderson<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Great Western Lodging<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lodging</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Scott L. Holman, Sr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Bay Cast Companies<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Manufacturing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Steve Van Andel<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Amway<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Multi-Level</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stewart Alvarez<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Amadeus North America<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Susan K. Neely<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>American Beverage Association<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Suzanne Sitherwood<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Laclede Group<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tamara L. Lundgren<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Manufacturing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas D. Bell, Jr.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mesa Capital Partners, LLC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas J. Donohue<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>U.S. Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lobbying</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas J. Wilson<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Allstate Insurance Company<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Insurance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas V. McKernan<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Automobile Club of Southern California<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tracy G. Schmidt<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>CNL Financial Group<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Wayne S. DeVeydt<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Anthem, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Health Insurance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">William G. Little<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Quam-Nichols Company, Inc.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Wolfgang G. Pordzik<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>DHL<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shipping</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Actions</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 15, 2016</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Grist magazine reports that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the latest conservative group to spread anti-solar messages.&nbsp; 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. [69]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“While your neighbor is receiving a credit (in the form of a reduced electricity bill) for putting excess energy back on the electricity grid, these outdated net metering policies overlook the costs to use, maintain, and update the grid. So, who is actually paying those costs? You — and everyone else!” The U.S. Chamber email reads. [69]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Chamber's Institute for 21st Century Energy also posted a video to its YouTube channel on their anti-net-metering case: [69]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 14, 2016</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A Senate report from Senate Democrats including Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders found that the U.S.Chamber of Commerce's “lobbying is at odds with its own public positions,” The New York Times reports. [60]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Senate report found that none of the U.S. Chamber's 108 board members explicitly supported the group's policies on tobacco and climate change. While the Chamber “strongly professes that it is anti-tobacco” and has claimed to support “efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” it continued to work globally to fight antismoking measures and opposed theEPA's regulatory measures on climate change. [60], [61]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Senate report also found many of the board members had opposing views to the Chamber: “Approximately half of the companies on the chamber’s board of directors have adopted anti-tobacco and pro-climate positions that contrast sharply with the chamber’s activities. Not a single board member explicitly supported the chamber’s lobbying efforts.” [60]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Members are often left in the dark about the Chamber's activities. Ten companies serving on the board said they “had no knowledge of or input into the chamber’s lobbying activities on tobacco or climate issues.” [60]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The New York Times previously reported on the Chamber's efforts to combat President Obama's climate change regulations. The chamber's strategy included regular meetings with corporate lawyers, coal lobbyists, and Republican political strategists. [62]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">February 22, 2016&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The US Chamber of Commerce filed an opening brief against the EPA's Clean Power Plan. [23]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“We are confident in our case, and the sheer number and diversity of challengers in this case is itself a powerful statement against EPA’s overreach,” said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy in the Chamber's press release.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The brief argues that the EPAs Rule “unlawfully attempts to radically transform the electric sector and usurp states’ traditional authority over the electric grid.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The US Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy also released the graphic below (click to view full size):</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">December 23, 2015</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber filed a lawsuit challenging the EPA's new Ozone Standard. [24]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The EPA set an unattainable mandate with this new ozone standard that will slow economic growth opportunities,” said William Kovacs, senior vice president, Environment, Technology & Regulatory Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to their press release, the Chamber told local communities that “a lower ozone standard would threaten local jobs and economic growth” with efforts including panel discussions with government officials, business leaders and local Chambers of Commerce.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 13, 2016</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The US Chamber of Commerce was listed as a creditor in Peabody Energy's 2016 bankruptcy filings, reports the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD/PRWatch). [65]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While the available bankruptcy documents do not list the scale or dates of funding, they outline Peabody Energy's financial ties to a large network of groups promoting climate change denial. [66]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prominent individuals appearing in the documents include climate deniers Willie Soon, Richard Lindzen, Roy Spencer and Richard Berman. The long list of organizations also includes groups such as Americans for Prosperity, American Legislative Exchange Council, CFACT, Institute for Energy Research, State Policy Network, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and dozens more. [67]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Guardian also analysed and reported on the Peabody bankruptcy findings: [68]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“These groups collectively are the heart and soul of climate denial,” said Kert Davies, founder of the Climate Investigation Center, who has spent 20 years tracking funding for climate denial. “It’s the broadest list I have seen of one company funding so many nodes in the denial machine.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The company’s filings reveal funding for a range of organisations which have fought Barack Obama’s plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and denied the very existence of climate change. […]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Among Peabody’s beneficiaries, the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change has insisted – wrongly – that carbon emissions are not a threat but “the elixir of life” while the American Legislative Exchange Council is trying to overturn Environmental Protection Agency rules cutting emissions from power plants. Meanwhile, Americans for Prosperity campaigns against carbon pricing. The Oklahoma chapter was on the list. […]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The breadth of the groups with financial ties to Peabody is extraordinary. Thinktanks, litigation groups, climate scientists, political organisations, dozens of organisations blocking action on climate all receiving funding from the coal industry,” said Nick Surgey, director of research for the Center for Media and Democracy.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“We expected to see some denial money, but it looks like Peabody is the treasury for a very substantial part of the climate denial movement.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Notable organizations listed in the initial documents include:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">60 Plus Association</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Energy Alliance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Alliance For Energy And Economic Growth</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Energy Alliance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Legislative Exchange Council</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Americans For Prosperity Oklahoma</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Atlas Economic Research Foundation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Berman And Company, Inc</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Consumer Energy Alliance</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Center For Clean Air Policy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Center for Energy and Economic Development</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Center For The Study Of Carbon Dioxide And Global Change</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Coalition for Responsible Regulation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Council on State Taxation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DCI Group AZ, LLC</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ducks Unlimited</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Energy & Environment Legal Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Edison Electric Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Free Market Environmental Law Clinic</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Frontiers Of Freedom Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">George C. Marshall Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hill Knowlton Strategies</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hill Knowlton, Inc</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hudson Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hunton & Williams</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Independence Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Institute For Energy Research</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Institute for Liberty</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Association of Manufacturers</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Black Chamber of Commerce</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Conference of State Legislatures</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Mining Association</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Rural Electric Cooperative Association</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">NextGen Energy Council</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PACE (May refer to Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Science & Public Policy Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sidley Austin LLP</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">State Policy Network</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Texas Public Policy Foundation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Western Business Roundtable</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Notable individuals named in the initial documents include the following:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kelly Forbes Mader</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Heather A. Wilson</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Roy W. Spencer</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Willie Soon</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Richard Lindzen</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">December 13, 2015</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Writing as a guest blogger on Watts Up With That, CFACT's executive director Craig Rucker denounced the latest UN climate change agreement: [39]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“This agreement will not meaningfully alter the temperature of the Earth, even under the U.N.’s own computer models.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The bad news is that it plants the seeds of a new UN climate regime that left unchecked will swell into a bureaucratic behemoth.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">September 18, 2015</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senators sent letters to the Board of Directors for all 108 member companies of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce asking their positions on the Chamber's efferts to oppose the Clean Power Plan. Full text of the letter is available here (PDF). [63], [64]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Letter signatories included: [63]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Patrick Leahy (D-VT),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Barbara Mikulski (D-MD),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dianne Feinstein (D-CA),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Barbara Boxer (D-CA),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bernie Sanders (I-VT),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tom Udall (D-NM),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Al Franken (D-MN),</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ed Markey (D-MA)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The letters were sent after The New York Times reported on the U.S. Chamber's “worldwide effort to fight antismoking laws of all kinds.” [61] The letter explains that the senators seek to “fully understand the U.S. Chamber's support for the tobacco industry, the decision-making process that resulted in this support, and the role of … board members in this process.” [63]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 9, 2015&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, claiming that lifting the ban oil crude oil exports should be a top priority:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“While there are many long overdue reforms being considered by the Energy Committee, the one that will have the single biggest positive impact is lifting the outdated ban on crude oil exports,” said Harbert. “Allowing the U.S. to export oil will benefit our economy and reduce the influence of countries and groups that use oil exports for purposes inconsistent with America’s interests.” [25]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">February 24, 2015&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of commerce's President and CEO, Thomas J. Donohue, released the following statement regarding Obama's decision to veto legislation that would have approved the Keystone XL Pipeline:&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“By vetoing this legislation and continuing to delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, it is becoming harder and harder to take President Obama’s commitment to job creation and energy security seriously. The lack of approval for Keystone has major implications for America’s relationship with Canada—our strongest and most reliable ally—and on the way America is perceived around the world. On behalf of job creators across the country, the Chamber will continue to push for Keystone’s approval.” [26]&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">September, 2014&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce started its “Keystone XL Pipeline Lost Opportunity Tour,” in Montana at the starting point of the proposed pipeline. [27]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to the press release, the Chamber visited with “economic development leaders and a small business eagerly awaiting construction of the pipeline.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The tour ended in Nebraska, the final state on the pipeline route.&nbsp; [28]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">September 4, 2013&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released the third part of a study, titled “America's New Energy Future: The Unconventional Oil and Gas Revolution and the U.S. Economy” (PDF), which opposes regulation to shale energy production (hydraulic fracturing). [29]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The study, co-sponsored by IHS, claims to demonstrate that shale energy production “could be in jeopardy if the U.S. adopts more restrictive policies or regulations”:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“While shale energy development holds a great deal of promise, the movement to restrict shale development with further regulations places it all in jeopardy,” said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy. “By continuing to push unnecessary federal regulations when strong state regulations already exist, the federal government is risking the only reliable sector of job growth in the entire economy.” [30]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">March, 2013</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce worked with the American Petroleum Institute in a “Grassroots” efforts to beat back “misinformation” from opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline.&nbsp; [31]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Hill reported that “the Chamber is making the case that scrapping Keystone would amount to succumbing to 'fringe groups.'”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“For the business community, the Keystone XL pipeline has become a bellwether indicator of whether America will be open for business during President Obama's second term or not. If the pipeline permit is denied, it will send a strong signal to the private sector to put their money elsewhere,” Karen Harbert, president and chief executive of the Chamber’s Energy Institute, told The Hill in a statement.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">July 26, 2012&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber's Institute for 21st Century Energy launched a “Shale Works for US” campaign focused on “galvanizing support for shale energy resources across America.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Shale energy has the potential to be an economic game-changer for our entire nation,” said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the Energy Institute.&nbsp; “Thanks to American innovation, we are now in a position to take advantage of vast amounts of shale energy resources that will create jobs and make us more energy secure.&nbsp; 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.” [32]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The campaign was launched in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York, with more states to follow.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">November 28, 2011&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a brief urging the U.S. 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.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Now that oil and natural gas production is finally resuming in the Gulf of Mexico, environmental groups are once again seeking to put the Gulf out of work,” said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy.&nbsp; “We cannot afford a ‘just say no’ energy policy.&nbsp; 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.” [33]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">October, 2010</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce partnered with Scholastic books to distribute approximately 100,000 books to middle schools across America as part of its “Shedding Light on Energy” campaign. [34]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“What do you think could happen if one of our energy sources was suddenly unavailable (e.g., power plant maintenance, government curb on production, etc.)?” The book asks.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to Politico, “U.S. 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.“ [34]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">U.S. Chamber officials maintained that there is no “hidden agenda” behind the question or the educational outreach effort in general, although the book is notably being distributed at a time when the Environmental Protection Agency is set to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dan Weiss, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, suggested the Chamber has ulterior motives. “It sounds like this may be one part education and one part fear-mongering,” Weiss said.&nbsp; [34]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Weiss said he was concerned about a partnership between the Chamber, which is spending millions to defeat Democratic congressional candidates and has opposed federal and state efforts to deal with global warming, and Scholastic, which has a large presence in public schools around the country.” [34]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 28, 2010</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Months after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, recognized as the worst oil spill in Oil History, the U.S. Chamber of Commercecalled for an end to the ban on drilling in the Gulf:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“We must avoid snap decisions following the spill that would threaten U.S. energy security and harm our economy,” said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. [35]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">November 12, 2009&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prior to the 2009 United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy released a report titled “The Prospects for Copenhagen:&nbsp; More Realism Can Smooth the Way” (PDF). [36]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The report suggests that “how rapidly advanced energy technologies are developed and adopted will be the single most important factor in determining how quickly—and at what cost—greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced” and calls for “realistic goals”:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“For businesses to remain competitive, our national leaders must ensure that a new global climate agreement sets realistic goals, recognizes growing energy needs, ensures global participation, promotes technology, encourages trade, and doesn’t weaken intellectual property,” said Stephen Eule, vice president for climate and technology at theU.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21 Century Energy.&nbsp; [37]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On November 17, Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy testified at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing “exploring the international aspects of global climate change” where she largely based her testimony on the report findings.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to Harbert, an “agreement focusing on technology offers a path forward that developed and developing countries and the business community can embrace” is needed.&nbsp; [38]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">September 21, 2009&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted the “Major Economies Business Forum (MEBF) on Energy Security and Climate Change.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“We have to recognize that for many countries, providing modern energy services to their citizens is as important—if not more so—than reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S.Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy.&nbsp; “An international agreement that fails to recognize the growing need for affordable and reliable energy will not be viable over the long-term.” [39]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 26, 2009&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbied against climate change legislation to be introduced by congress (namely theWaxman-Markey Climate Bill). In a statement, the Chamber said it favors “mainstream, common sense views” on climate change but opposes the carbon-capping bill that the House of Representatives passed on June 26. [40]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The last thing this country needs is fourteen hundred new job-killing regulations and mandates,” said the Chamber’s Senior Vice President of Environment, Technology and Regulatory Affairs William Kovacs in a press release. “The Chamber hopes, at some point, that Congress will find a way to balance the need for a strong U.S.economy while still addressing global climate change.&nbsp; Unfortunately, Congress has fallen short with this bill.”&nbsp; [41]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Chamber also wrote a letter (PDF) to all members of the House “expressing concern over the bill and suggested ways that the bill could be modified.” [42]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As of September, 2009, the Chamber's actions and stance on climate change had caused a rift in its own membership with prominent member Exelon Corp announcing it would not renew its membership, following similar departures from PG&ECorp and PNM Resources Inc. Nike also announced its disagreement with the Chamber's stance in a September 22 statement.&nbsp; [40]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Johnson & Johnson also criticized the chamber earlier in the year for failing to “reflect the full range of views” of its members on climate change.&nbsp; At the time, Exelon, Duke Energy, PG&E and PNM were all members of the corporate and environmental coalition U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which favors federal law requiring “significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.” [40]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June, 2009</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency questioning the science behind climate change: [43]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The US Chamber of Commerce's submitted comments (PDF) conclude: there are “profound and wide-ranging scientific uncertainties” about climate change and its impacts on health and welfare that are “vehemently controverted among scientists and technicians of numerous stripes.” [44]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Chamber also submitted a supporting document, “Detailed Review of EPA’s Health and Welfare Scientific Evidence” (PDF)that included a number of additional statements: [45]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Humans have become less susceptible to the effects of heat due to a combination of adaptations, particularly air conditioning. The availability of air conditioning is expected to continue to increase.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Reduced exposure to cold days is a significant factor in the increased life expectancy experienced in the U.S. over the past 30 years. This benefit from reduced exposure to cold can be further attributed to people migrating to warmer climates.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Overall, there is strong evidence that populations can acclimatize to warmer climates via a range of behavioral, physiological, and technological adaptations.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“[T]he scientific evidence is clear that cold is a more potent hazard than heat.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">April 20, 2007</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a website titled myenergypolicy.com designed to “help educate businesses and the general public about ways to help protect the environment.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Economic growth and environmental progress are not incompatible pursuits,” said William Kovacs, Chamber vice president of environmental policy. “A strong economy gives us the resources to protect our environment.” [46]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">November, 2007</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The US Chamber of Commerce released a video titled “Wake Up to Climate Change Legislation!” that called for US voters to tell their Senator to “vote NO on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Bill.” [47]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The description reads as follows:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“If this bill becomes law, 3.4 million Americans will lose their jobs. American GDP will decline by $1 trillion. And American consumers will be forced to pay as much as $6 trillion to cope with carbon constraints.*</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The only way to address the climate change challenge is through technology and energy efficiency. This bill avoids both.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">See video below:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Transcript: “Climate legislation being considered by congress could make it too expensive to heat our homes, power our lives, and drive our cars. Is this really how Americans want to live? Washington politicians should not demand what technology cannot deliver. Urge your senator to vote 'No' on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Bill.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">March, 2008</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PR Daily reports that general James L. Jones, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe, joined the U.S.Chamber of Commerce as a lobbyist to head the new Institute for Energy. [48]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Jones will head the Institute for Energy, which is to present itself as a grassroots organization. The Chamber went a similar path with the creation of the Institute for Legal Reform.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Institute would focus on global warming and seek “to 'unify energy stakeholders behind a common strategy' to produce affordable and secure supplies while protecting the environment.”&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">US Chamber of Commerce Contact & Location</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As of May, 2016, the US Chamber of Commerce listed the following contact information on their website: [59]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chamber of Commerce of the</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">United States of America</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1615 H Street, NW</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Washington, DC 20062-2000</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Main Number: 202-659-6000</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Customer Service: 1-800-638-6582</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Related Organizations</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation — Nonprofit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. [21]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Institute for 21st Century Energy (Energyxxi.org) — Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce [49]&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Alliance for Energy & Economic Growth (yourenergyfuture.org) [50]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Essential Worker Immigration Coalition (EWIC) — Member [51]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) — Affiliate. [52]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;Global Regulatory Cooperation Project [53]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) [54]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Institute for Organizational Management — Program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. [55]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Yucca Energy Solutions</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Yucca Energy Solutions (YES) is described in the 2005 annual report (PDF) of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as being a “200-member coalition was formed by the U.S. Chamber to advocate for congressional approval of, and funding for, Yucca Mountain as the site of a permanent federal repository for nuclear waste.” [56]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Particulate Matter Coalition</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Particulate Matter Coalition is described in the 2005 annual report (PDF) of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as being “made up of industries concerned with EPA’s continued revision of the particulate matter air quality standards. The U.S.Chamber is a member of the steering committee and plays a lead role in managing the coalition’s activities.” [56]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to files on record at the Center for Media and Democracy's Sourcewatch, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been a member of a number of the American Legislative Exchange Council's task forces including: [57]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Civil Justice Task Force,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the Education Task Force,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the International Relations Task Force,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">and the the Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The following is also taken from CMD's Sourceawtch records:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Meeting (2011)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sourcewatch reports Page Faulk, Chamber Vice President, presented “The Promoting Merit in 'Merit Selection' Act” model legislation at Civil Justice Task Force Meeting at ALEC's 2011 meeting.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ALEC Education Task Force Meeting (2011)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stanton D. Anderson, Senior Counsel to the President and Chief Executive Officer, issued remarks on the “Free Enterprise Education Act” model legislation, and Roberta Philips sponsored discussion and voting on the act.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Meeting (2011)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Elliot, Executive Vice President, and Andrew Kovalcin, Director of Stakeholder Advocacy, both of the Chamber's Global Intellectual Property Center, introduced the “Resolution in Support of Federal Efforts to Address Rogue Internet Sites that Sell Counterfeit Products and Facilitate Digital Theft” at the Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Meeting.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">International Relations Task Force Meeting (2011)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He also presented on the “Erosion of Intellectual Property” and introduced the “ALEC Resolution to Counter Rogue Internet Sites” model policy at the International Relations Task Force Meeting at the 2011 meeting.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Chamber's International Division joined ALEC's International Relations Task Force on July 3, 2013, according to ALECboard materials.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Crossroads</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sourcewatch reports that American Crossroads and the Chamber are closely tied, and closely coordinated their efforts in the 2010 midterm elections.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to Think Progress:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“At every turn, from the operatives running the two organizations to their targeted races to their media firms, American Crossroads and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are bound to one another…the two groups have exhibited uncanny coordination in their election targeting. In a number of Senate races, the Chamber and American :Crossroads coordinated their advertisements – one group put up ads in a race as the other group pulled its own down – in :order to ensure attack ads were always running against the Democratic candidate.” [58]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Resources</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“About the U.S. Chamber,” Archived February 26, 2016. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6fazkAhRf</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Leadership,” US Chamber of Commerce. Archived February 26, 2016. WebCiteURL: http://www.webcitation.org/6faz4Hw08</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Board of Directors,” US Chamber of Commerce. Archived February 26, 2016. WebCiteURL: http://www.webcitation.org/6fazE7UmK</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Chamber’s Energy Institute Unveils Comprehensive New Energy Works for US Platform,” Institute for 221st Century Energy. Archived February 26, 2016. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6fbB1FFdf</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Message From The President,” Institute for 21st Century Energy. Archived February 27, 2016. WebCiteURL: http://www.webcitation.org/6fbB1FFdf</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Gretchen Goldman. “Who Stands with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Climate Change? New Data Says Few (Still),” Union of Concerned Scientists (Blog), January 20, 2015. Archived February 26, 2016. WebCiteURL: http://www.webcitation.org/6fbIGNY7f</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Dear Commissioner Shulman and Ms. Downing” (PDF) Mehri & Skalet PLLC, September 10, 2010. Retrieved from Velvet Revolution. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmogBlog.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Re: Chamber of Commerce Whistleblower Letter” (PDF), Velvet Revolution, August 4, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmogBlog.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ben Geman. “Here Is Exactly What the Chamber of Commerce Thinks About Global Warming,” The Atlantic, March 13, 2014. Archived February 26, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmogBlog.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Blueprint: Invest in Climate Science to Guide Energy, Economic, and Environmental Policy,” Institute for 21st Century Energy. Archived February 27, 2016. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6fb8mFCAn</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;Stephen D. Eule is vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy (Energy Institute). Mr. Eule is an experienced voice on the nexus between energy, climate change, and technology. He travels around the world to speak with business, governments, think tanks, and the media in a variety of forums. Mr. Eule oversees the collection and analysis of data on energy and climate and the impact of technology in the energy industry. He represents the U.S. Chamber in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and helped found the Major Economies Business Forum on Energy Security and Climate Change, a coalition of national cross-sector business organizations from major economies for which the Energy Institute acts as secretariat.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;Mr. Eule also is responsible for the Energy Institute’s two annual and authoritative energy security reports—the Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk and the International Index of Energy Security Risk. These risks indices represent the first and most comprehensive efforts to quantify energy security risks over time and across a wide range of measures. They have been cited by the International Energy Agency and are used by universities and think tanks across the world. Previously, Mr. Eule was director of the Office of Climate Change Policy & Technology at the Department of Energy (DOE). There he oversaw the development of the U.S. Climate Change Technology Program Strategic Plan in 2006, ran President Bush’s Climate VISION program, and testified before Congress on DOE climate and energy programs. Internationally, Mr. Eule represented DOE as part of the U.S. government delegations to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the G20, and other multilateral forums. He was lead chapter author on the U.S. Climate Action Report—2006 and contributed to other government publications. His prior experience includes a decade working in various public policy positions. He was a subcommittee staff director on the House Science Committee and served as legislative director for Rep. Nick Smith (R-MI). In addition, Mr. Eule was an environmental analyst in the Washington, D.C., office of New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ). Earlier, he worked for eight years as an Orkand Corporation consultant to the Energy Information Administration and worked at the Heritage Foundation. Mr. Eule earned a Master of Arts degree in geography from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Southern Connecticut State College</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">duck 2 22</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Harbert Archives | The Bottom Line</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain kychamberbottomline.comhttps://kychamberbottomline.com › tag › karen-harbert</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">August 27, 2021 | Kentucky has too many people without jobs and too many jobs without people, Kentucky Chamber tells legislators; August 23, 2021 | Special session possible after Supreme Court decision regarding governor's executive power; August 23, 2021 | Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine receives full approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Alderman Harbert, U.S. Chamber of Commerce | U.S ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain uschamberfoundation.orghttps://www.uschamberfoundation.org › karen-alderman-harbert-us-chamber-commerce</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Alderman Harbert is president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy (Institute). In this capacity, Harbert leads the Institute's efforts to build support for meaningful energy action nationally and internationally through policy development, education, and advocacy.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Alderman Harbert | U.S. Chamber of Commerce</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain uschamber.comhttps://www.uschamber.com › bio › karen-alderman-harbert</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Alderman Harbert is the former president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy (Institute).</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PDF Karen Harbert Written Testimony House Natural Resources ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain uschamber.comhttps://www.uschamber.com › sites › default › files › documents › files › 1206Harbert_TestimonyHouseNaturalResourcesCommittee.pdf</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">U.S. Chamber of Commerce Friday, June 1st, 2012 Thank you, Chairman Lamborn, Ranking Member Holt, and members of the Committee. I am Karen Harbert, President and CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Energy (Institute), an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PDF President and Chief Executive Officer - AGA</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain aga.orghttps://www.aga.org › contentassets › f9e0aad9ba8d4234b970c21dafc7aef5 › karenharbert-bio.pdf</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Alderman Harbert is president and chief executive officer of the American Gas Association. Founded in 1918, AGA represents more than 200 local energy utility companies that deliver natural gas to 178 million Americans nationwide. Prior to joining AGA, she was president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Alderman Harbert Named as AGA's Next President and ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain aga.orghttps://www.aga.org › news › news-releases › karen-alderman-harbert-named-as-agas-next-president-and-ceo--bringing-energy-and-policy-expertise-to-natural-gas-industry</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prior to her role at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Energy Institute, Harbert served as the assistant secretary for policy and international affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), where she was the primary policy adviser to the secretary of energy and to the department on domestic and international energy issues.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Harbert - President and CEO - American Gas ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain linkedin.comhttps://www.linkedin.com › in › karen-harbert-33295576</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Liked by Karen Harbert Join now to see all activity Experience President and CEO American Gas Association Apr 2019 - Present2 years 5 months President and CEO US Chamber of Commerce, Global Energy...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Clean Power Plan was the wrong answer - USA TODAY</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain usatoday.comhttps://www.usatoday.com › story › opinion › 2017 › 10 › 29 › clean-power-plan-wrong-answer-editorials-debates › 107143196</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Oct 29, 2017Any productive climate conversation recognizes that there are other options besides Washington mandates. Business will continue to lead by bringing innovation, technology and ingenuity to this...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Speaker: Karen Harbert, US Chamber of Commerce | LAI</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain leadingauthorities.comhttps://www.leadingauthorities.com › speakers › karen-harbert</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Harbert President and CEO, American Gas Association Former assistant secretary for policy and international affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy Worked at the US Agency for International Development, overseeing projects in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America valued at over $9 billion</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chamber: Worry about regs, kids - POLITICO</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search domain politico.comhttps://www.politico.com › story › 2010 › 10 › chamber-worry-about-regs-kids-043844</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Karen Harbert, president and chief executive of the Chamber's Energy Institute, told POLITICO that the program to be unveiled Wednesday was designed to be "fact based" and "dispassionate" and that...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></div>