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More Questions About the US Chamber's Membership Number Claim

Pete Altman | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Pseg, Duke, Toyota, Ge, Nike, Exelon, Levistrauss, Pnm, Microsoft, Entergy, Shell, Peabody, PG&E, Mohawk, Alcoa, San Francisco Chamber, Johnson & Johnson, US Chamber of Commerce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Seventh Generation, Green News
Pete Altman

With more voices saying clearly that US Chamber of Commerce does not represent them, the Chamber's membership numbers are looking more and more questionable.

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US Chamber's Influence and Credibility on the Decline

Pete Altman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Pseg, Duke, Toyota, Ge, Nike, Exelon, Levistrauss, Pnm, Microsoft, Entergy, Seventhgeneration, Johnson&johnson, Shell, PG&E, Sanjosechamberofcommerce, Uschamberofcommerce, Alcoa, Sanfranciscochamber, Green News
Pete Altman

One reason for the Chamber's decline may be the result of what the Chamber's positioning communicates to businesses and lawmakers alike.

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The US Chamber's Continuing Climate Credibility Crisis

Pete Altman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Pseg, Duke, Ge, Nike, Exelon, Levistrauss, Pnm, PG&E, Microsoft, Entergy, Sanjosechamberofcommerce, Johnson&johnson, Uschamberofcommerce, Alcoa, Green News
Pete Altman

If the media briefing late last week was supposed to make things better for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the face of an onslaught of major defections over its climate extremism, it didn't.

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Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, General Electric, Ed Markey, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, President Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, PNM Resources, Accce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Alcoa, Climate Change, Americans With Disabilities Act, New Yorker, Apple, Nike, Kevin Grandia, Adam Green, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, PG&E, Blue America, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Politics, Service Employees International Union, Exelon, CREDO Mobile, Global Warming, Family and Medical Leave Act, Political News, Steven Chu, Efca, Natural Resources Defense Council, Duke Energy, Health Care, Chamber of Commerce, Senator Graham, Frank Knapp, Levi Strauss, Move On, Seiu, Entergy, Psef, Green News
Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

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Climate Controversy Damages Chamber's Reputation

Pete Altman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Duke, Ge, Nike, Exelon, PG&E, Microsoft, Entergy, Alcoa, Pseg, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Pnm, Levi Strauss, Johnson & Johnson, US Chamber of Commerce, Green News
Pete Altman

The Chamber's tone-deaf response to the situation is contributing to reputation damage that is hurting the organization's credibility.

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"Happy" Anniversary, Iceland

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: IMF Funding, International Monetary Fund, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Norway, Alcoa, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Denmark, Iceland Bankrupt, Iceland Banks, Iceland Economy, Lehman Brothers, Iceland National Bankruptcy, IMF Bailout, Financial Crisis, Western Europe, Imf, Iceland Financial Crisis, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, World War II, Iceland Bank Crisis, Monty Python, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

This has been a very rough year for Iceland, and it's not likely to get better anytime soon. The public's anger continues to grow, and it would not be surprising if this winter sees a repeat of last winter's uprising.

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Too High a Price for High Octane

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Refineries, Sunoco, Exxonmobil, Sulfuric Acid, Alcoa, Myron Arnowitt, Center for American Progress, Labor Day, Octane, Chemical Security 101, Hydrofluoric Acid, Public Interest Research Group, Holly Refinery, Marathon Petroleum, Citgo, Suncor Refinery, Pirg, Paul Orum, U.S. Department of Labor, Clean Water Action, Bhopal, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The refineries in this country still using unnecessarily hazardous hydrofluoric acid must ensure their workers and the residents of their neighborhoods live to see Labor Day 2010.

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FDA: Get BPA Out ASAP

Sarah Newman | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Del Monte, Alcoa, Inc. And Grocery Manufacturers Association, Environmental Working Group, The American Chemistry Council, Bisphenol A, Coca-Cola, Endocrine Disrputor, Fda, BPA Joint Trade Association, Bpa, Food and Drug Administration, Takepart, The North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Crown, Ewg, Green News
Sarah Newman

You, like millions of other Americans, probably regularly use and consume products made with Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical that is a $6 billion global industry.

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Elections in Iceland: The Revolutionary Fire is Down to Dying Embers

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Johanna Sigurdardottir, Global Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Alcoa, Aluminum, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Geir Haarde, Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir Iceland, Iceland Bankrupt, Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Banks, Elections, Iceland Economy, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Prime Minister Geir Haarde, Iceland Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

Unfortunately, in Iceland, as elsewhere, we're numbed by the continuous stream of bad economic news and appear in danger of forgetting what we were fighting for.

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Alcoa Posts First Quarter Loss, Second In A Row

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: First Quarter Earnings Alcoa, Alcoa Earnings, Alcoa Loss, Alcoa First Quarter Earnings, Loss Alcoa, Aa, Alcoa, Earnings Alcoa, Business News

PITTSBURGH — In a bleak start to the earnings season, Alcoa Inc. reported a quarterly loss of $497 million, as the stumbling global economy cont...

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Alcoa First Quarter Loss Expected, Shares Fall

Reuters | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Alcoa Shares, Alcoa First Quarter Loss, Alcoa First Quarter, Alcoa, Aa, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alcoa Inc (AA.N) shares fell on Tuesday, hours before the aluminum producer was scheduled to report what was expected to be a se...

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Posse on Trail of Wall Street Cheats

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business

Read More: CV Therapeutics, Suslow Securities, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, American Stock Exchange, HOffman-L ROch Ltd., Malcom Lowenthal, Wells Fargo, Document Security Services, Nasdaq, BioMS MEdical Corp, Alcoa, InterMune, ON2 Technologies, Targer, War Crimes, Marathon Acquisition Corp, Health Care REIT, Bailout Bandits, Wall-Street, Genetech, Gilead Sciences, Wall-Street Investigations, Deeerfield Captial Corp, Terra Industries, AVE BioPharma, Wall Street, Wall Street Investigations, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Financial skulduggery, judging from the latest and sharply increasing number of stock trading investigations, is unmistakably on the rise.

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Alcoa To Cut 13 Percent Of Global Work Force

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Alcoa, Alcoa Job Cuts, Alcoa Jobs, Economy, Business News

PITTSBURGH — Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum maker, said Tuesday it will cut 13,500 jobs, or 13 percent of its work force, and sl...

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Bjork Battles Icelandic Aluminum Industry

Green Inc. | James Kanter | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Rio Tinto, Environmental Policy, Iceland, Energy Economics, Energy Politics, Aluminum, Geothermal Energy, Energy Business, Alcoa, Climate Change, Alternative Energy, BjöRk, Bjork, Green News

The hugely popular Icelandic singer Björk has gone into battle with another of the island's big exports - aluminum. Björk says the aluminum product...

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Corporate Responsibility: How Can U.S. Economy Stay Competitive, Get Greener?

Envrionmental Capital | Keith Johnson | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, S Renewable Energy, Steel Industry, Corporate America, Economy, U.S. Climate Action Partnership, Gm, Green Economy, Ford, Alcoa, Ge, Green News

Big U.S. companies obviously want a seat at the table when it's time to draw up America's plan to fight climate change. A year after issuing its "Call...

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The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Uk, Multinational Corporations, Titanium Metals Corp., Economy, Alcoa, Workers Uniting, International Paper, Amicus Section, China, Georgia Pacific, Dick Cheney, Kimberly Clark, Unite the Union, Don Imus, Derek Simpson, Ireland, Dubai, Corporate Globalization, Halliburton, United Steelworkers, Justice Department, Las Vegas, Kuwait, Ceo, Global Union, Securities and Exchange Commission, Alcan, Timet, Pilkington, Rexam, Kbr, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

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Feds Open Alcoa Bribery Probe

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 03.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Alcoa, Federal Civil Lawsuits, Bribery, Federal Cases, Justice Department, Bahrain, Business News

PITTSBURGH — Federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into allegations that Alcoa Inc. and affiliates bribed officials in the Persian ...

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Wanted: "Imported" CEOs For Growing U.S. Growth Abroad

New York TImes | Louise Story | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, 3M, Chevron, R. Kerry Clark, David J. O'Reilly, Alcoa, Gregory M. Spierkel, Hartford Financial Services, Ronald D. Sugar, Vikram S. Pandit, American International Group, E. Neville Isdell, Martin J. Sullivan, Liberty Mutual Group, Ingram Micro, Northrop Grumman, George W. Buckley, Coca-Cola, Ramani Ayer, International CEOs, Alain J.P. Belda, Cardinal Health, Louis C. Camilleri, Dow Chemical, Edmund F. Kelly, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, "Imported" CEOs, Andrew N. Liveris, Indra K. Nooyi, Altria Group, Pepsico, Business News

The corner offices of corporate America are increasingly being filled from every corner of the world. Citigroup, the world's largest bank, named Vikr...

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