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"Business of Green: Storm Over the Chamber" [1]

Thomas J. Donohue "71, now the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, still flies on private jets and enjoys a chauffeur-driven car in addition to his $3 million annual salary.

And his legendary pugnacity has not faded. It was on display again this fall as he and the chamber found themselves in a maelstrom over climate change policy after a number of member companies noisily resigned in protest over the chamber’s hostile stance on climate legislation. A wave of criticism arose from Congress, the White House, environmental organizations and some businesses that accused the chamber and its president of a reactionary pursuit of anti-environmental policies."

John M. Broder reports a feature-length profile for the New York Times November 18, 2009. [2]

Environmental Politics [3]
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Source: NYTimes [2], 11/19/2009
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/business-green-storm-over-chamber [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19CHAMBER.html?_r=1&ref=energy-environment [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81