Climate Change

Combating climate change requires citizens, governments, and businesses to work together. Inaction is simply not an option. American businesses play a vital role in creating innovative solutions and reducing greenhouse gases to protect our planet. A challenge of this magnitude requires collaboration, not confrontation, to advance the best ideas and policies. Together, we can forge solutions that improve our environment and grow our economy—leaving the world better for generations to come.

Top Takeaways from the U.S. Chamber’s 2023 State of American Business Address

This year’s State of American Business speech sets out an 'Agenda for American Strength': an aspirational and forward-looking plan to set up the country and its business community for long-term success.

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Building Momentum to COP28

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The U.S. Chamber will send our largest-ever delegation to the COP 27 conference in Egypt this month to demonstrate the business community's commitment to combatting climate change.

Our Work

The U.S. Chamber believes that there is much common ground on which all sides of this discussion could come together to address climate change with policies that are practical, flexible, predictable, and durable. We believe in a policy approach that is supported by market-based solutions, developed through bipartisan legislation in Congress, and acknowledges the costs of action and inaction and the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. We work with policymakers to forge climate solutions and engage in the United Nations COP on behalf of the business community.

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U.S. Chamber Comments on SEC’s Proposed Rule on Mandatory Climate Disclosures

Coalition Letter on the Kigali Amendment

U.S. Chamber Comments on Proposed Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review

U.S. Chamber Statement on Biden's Executive Order on Federal Government Climate Initiatives

U.S. Chamber: New NEPA Rule Will Slow Progress

Industry Associations Applaud EPA's HFC Allocation Rule

How to Create and Promote Resilient Climate Partnerships

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Public-private partnerships for climate change solutions should prioritize resiliency, be economically sound, and reduce emissions across the value chain.

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Feb 01, 2017
This Key Vote Alert! letter supporting H.J. Res. 38, to disapprove under the CRA the stream protection rule, was sent to all Members of the United States Senate.
Jan 31, 2017
This Key Vote Alert! letter supporting H.J. Res. 38, to disapprove the stream protection rule, and H.J. Res. 41, to disapprove the resource extraction rule, was sent to all Members of the House of Representatives.
Jan 31, 2017
Those affected by WOTUS could have pushed regulators to employ better, more thorough analyses in the rulemaking process.
Jan 31, 2017
This letter regarding the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency was sent to the Members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jan 25, 2017
Dear Congressional Leaders:
Jan 24, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, issued the following statement today regarding President Trump’s announced Executive Orders on accelerating infrastructure:
Jan 09, 2017
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING TO: Mr. James JonesAssistant Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAttn: 7101M1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20460-0001 RE: Request for Nominations: Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (81 Fed. Reg. 89092) (December 9, 2016); Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0713 Mr. Jones: