350.org, the grassroots climate-change organization started by Bill McKibben, that has now organized several huge global "work parites" that have taken place in over 180 countries, is taking on the US Chamber of Commerce. This is a logical progression because the last 350.org event was focused on politicians. Now it's time to look at who is funding the politicians. This could get interesting.
350.org now has a new blog that focuses on the Chamber,
with daily entries, a petition and action items:
http://chamber.350.org/
What does the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have to do with Climate Change?
The Chamber is controlled by Big Polluters, poisons politics with its dirty money and opposes every single effort to curb climate pollution.
Look for the next 350.org global work party to be focused on the Chamber (and Kochs).
Below are a few of the latest blog entries.
US Chamber vs. Our Air: A Brief History
http://chamber.350.org/2011/03/us-chamber-vs-our-air-a-brief-history/The US Chamber and the Koch Brothers
Charles and David, the third and fourth richest men in America, first gained notoriety in the fall, when a remarkable expose by Jane Mayer in the New Yorker showed how they’d funded not only the Tea Party but also the hydra-headed campaign to undermine the science of global warming, all in the service of even more profit for their oil and gas business.
http://chamber.350.org/2011/03/the-us-chamber-and-the-koch-brothers/Irresponsibility of US Chamber on Nuclear Power
http://chamber.350.org/2011/03/irresponsibility-of-us-chamber-on-nuclear-power/The biggest barrier to climate progress?
...Simply put, the US Chamber is one of the biggest barriers to climate progress in the entire world.
http://chamber.350.org/2011/03/the-biggest-barrier-to-climate-progress/US Chamber Cronies Spy on Critics’ Kids
http://chamber.350.org/2011/03/us-chamber-cronies-spy-on-critics-kids/
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