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.
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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.
- Resilience Should Be on the Climate AgendaInvestments, policies, and programs focused on resilience and pre-disaster mitigation offer an opportunity for a more comprehensive and strategic approach to safeguarding communities across the nation.Learn More
- The American Energy and Climate ImperativeThe U.S. is positioned to meet the world's growing energy needs by leveraging the power of the business community in partnership with government.Learn More
- The Future of Clean Energy in the AmericasBusiness and government leaders from across the Western Hemisphere joined together to discuss the transition of energy and the future of energy security in the Americas.Learn More
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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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Public-private partnerships for climate change solutions should prioritize resiliency, be economically sound, and reduce emissions across the value chain.
Events
- International48th Annual India Ideas SummitTuesday, June 1309:00 AM EDT - 05:00 PM EDTLearn More
- Small BusinessCO— Strategy Studio: Doing Business with Big BusinessesThursday, June 2212:00 PM EDT - 12:30 PM EDTLearn More
- Security and Resilience12th Annual Building Resilience ConferenceWednesday, July 26 - Thursday, July 2708:00 AM EDT - 03:00 PM EDTLearn More
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS:
As business leaders representing diverse geographic regions and economic interests, we write to encourage your support for expedited passage of a joint Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to eliminate the Bureau of Land Management’s “venting and flaring” regulation.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges you to support H.J. Res. 36, which would undo the Bureau of Land Management’s rule related to methane production. The Chamber will consider including votes on or related to this legislation in our annual How They Voted scorecard.
This coalition letter supporting the resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act of the stream protection rule was sent to all Members of the United States Congress.
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.
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.
Those affected by WOTUS could have pushed regulators to employ better, more thorough analyses in the rulemaking process.
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.
Dear Congressional Leaders:
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:
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
TO: Mr. James Jones
Assistant Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Attn: 7101M
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460-0001RE: Request for Nominations: Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (81 Fed. Reg. 89092) (December 9, 2016); Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0713
Mr. Jones:
