Chamber Of Commerce And Car Dealers Fight California Emissions Rules

nytimes.com:

The United States Chamber of Commerce is joining with the National Automobile Dealers Association to try to derail California's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

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Comments

[Catfish1968]

The chamber of commerce is wrong on every issue.

[jay1975]

The problem of allowing each state to set its own emission requirements is that it places an unfair burden on the automobile manufaturers when they have to build engines and components specifically for this state versus that state. It drives up the cost of the vehicle and pushes people to buy out of state vehicles.

[alvdh1]

There is no ground worthy of compromise when it comes to the COC. I have to wonder what air they breathe. Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness to them is code for profit at any cost. As a small business owner, I have been solicited to attend meetings and join their orgnaization. I will do neither because my life not only involves making a living, but includes trying to live long enough to enjoy it. There is no room for the latter when it comes to the COC.

[thundermummy]

Way to go COC, next why don't you fight for dirty water and bedbugs.

[Lavina]

Keep fignting. California! Regarding the chambers of commerce, also, see: http://www.greenparty.ca/SPP & NAFTA Super highway, http://www.corridorwatch.org, http://www.kcssmartport.com, http://www.globalexchange.org/Peru Nafta and Plan Mexico by John Gibler.

[Vxx]

The US Chamber of Commerce..­.. has been anti-business and anti-American for a long time now. They're pretty much the pawns of the ultra-large and multi-national corporations. As a small business owner, I've gotten their propaganda for about 15 years now and it is just amazing how their positions basically punt the small and medium sized businesses in favor of a few large sectors (like the insurance giants).

Its really entertaini­ng/aggrava­ting to read their articles and check the comments -- the comments are nearly always entirely negative and written by small and medium-sized business owners (the ones who actually employ much of America). But the CoC just ignores them and plows ahead with their anti-American policies.