At Odds in This Effort
Oct 12th, 2009 • Posted in: What They're Saying“Apple is committed to protecting the environment and the communities in which we operate around the world. We strongly object to the Chamber’s recent comments opposing the EPA’s effort to limit greenhouse gases.”
“As a company, we are working hard to reduce our own greenhouse emissions…. We have undertaken this unilaterally and without government mandate, because we believe it is the right thing to do. For those companies who cannot or will not do the same, Apple supports regulating greenhouse gas emissions, and it is frustrating to find the Chamber at odds with us in this effort.”
– Excerpt from tech giant Apple’s letter canceling its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s most powerful business federation and lobbying group. Apple’s move follows recent high-profile defections by three utility companies, including California’s PG&E, which “announced it was leaving because of the group’s ‘obstructionist tactics,’” reports the Los Angeles Times.
Athletic retailer Nike also quit the Chamber’s board over the issue, “but has chosen to remain a member in hopes of changing the federation’s climate-change policy from within,” notes the San Jose Mercury News.
Sources: San Jose Mercury News, Oct. 7.
For more information, see: Los Angeles Times editorial, Oct. 12 — Text of Apple’s letter (via the San Jose Mercury News) — Politico.com, Oct. 5.
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