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Nike Resigns From Chamber Of Commerce Board Over Climate Issues

First Posted: 11/30/09 05:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:15 PM ET

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The Nike corporation said Wednesday it would abandon its position on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing differences with the business group on climate change.

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The Nike corporation said Wednesday it would abandon its position on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing differences with the business group on climate change.
The Nike corporation said Wednesday it would abandon its position on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing differences with the business group on climate change.
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raaf
25 Fans
02:32 AM on 10/01/2009
Nike = Slave Labor.
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EcnelisDoogod
B the change you want 2C
142 Fans
06:26 PM on 09/30/2009
Bravo to Excelon, PG&E, and now Nike. Why is a warmer Earth so desirable to the extreme right?!?
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asteven
67 Fans
04:18 PM on 09/30/2009
I'm going to a Nike store right now!
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dfranz
With Liberty and Justice for all
1786 Fans
04:06 PM on 09/30/2009
Phil Knight is a big booster of University of Oregon athletics. It's no wonder that he has taken this position. Eugene is the most liberal city in Oregon when schools in session.
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Smithn
~ 13.7 Billion Years:::: i am not. BANG! I am.
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03:05 PM on 09/30/2009
Yes! It now looks like my grand kids will Nikes for Christmas this year!
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dnegri
1416 Fans
02:58 PM on 09/30/2009
When in doubt on how to vote: check the position of the US Chamber of Commerce and go the other way....
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doxienan
98 Fans
03:54 PM on 09/30/2009
That will be my new way of thinking. Thanks!
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Forester
Overeducated woods worker.
1969 Fans
02:49 PM on 09/30/2009
Not just being altruistic, NIKE knows in the long run it is good for business to get ahead of the climate change issue - both in terms of retooling for future regulations and marketing.
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Aaryck
87 Fans
02:44 PM on 09/30/2009
wow impressive. I tend to lean towards Adidas but Nike really has my attention. I think it's time for a new pair of shoes.
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somsoc
All humans are atheists at birth.
334 Fans
02:24 PM on 09/30/2009
Nike took one correct step (no pun intended), let us hope they take many more. Now GE needs to follow suit.
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Brian Englert
3 Fans
02:22 PM on 09/30/2009
haven't bought Nike in years. really, a shoe is a shoe I don't care who wears it. I can't pay over $30 for shoes.
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Leatherhelmet
37 Fans
02:13 PM on 09/30/2009
Global warming and Nike are both scammy, so it makes sense.
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ohmetoo
33 Fans
02:52 PM on 09/30/2009
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the scammy neocon presence in every rural town. It is so Republican and it's presence it's more like the mafia in some local jurisdictions, if it isn't new born!

Go Nike, run, win!
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hark
628 Fans
04:47 PM on 09/30/2009
What scam is global warming? Explain the vast conspiracy to us, and how you know it is true. Take a look at a recent Pew survey from the scientific community. Some 10,000 respondents. Explain how it is that virtually all of them, from diverse scientific fields and backgrounds, accept climate change based on the facts, evidence and greenhouse effect theory, yet armchair experts like yourself know better, can dismiss all the evidence without even understanding it, and allege some ridiculous conspiracy to explain it all away? How did you come by your revelations? Where is your proof? How is it that you know all this, yet thousands of climatologists around the world are oblivious to it? Or are they all in cahoots, too?
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Sepulchre
A neutron walks into a bar...
1656 Fans
02:11 PM on 09/30/2009
This from a company that manufactures shoes overseas in countries where there is not mandate on polution. That's just rich.
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wizegeye
111 Fans
02:03 PM on 09/30/2009
Nike does not manufacture its own shoes. Instead, it contracts with manufacturers mostly located in China. I'm interested in knowing what Nike is doing to ensure factory emissions are not adding to the climate change problem.
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sealbeach
7 Fans
04:04 PM on 09/30/2009
I'll bet thier doing nothing.

Nike can put thier money where thier mouth is by manufacturing thier shoes in this country at prevailing wage while trying to maintain the smallest possible carbon footprint.
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