Donohue Lays Out Common Sense Approach to Energy, Climate Change

Speaking in Ohio on May 2, U.S. Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue outlined the three fundamental principles that must be included in any climate change legislation in order to garner U.S. Chamber support.

“The Chamber will continue to scrutinize each proposal to determine whether it would truly help the environment…whether it properly emphasizes efficiency and technology…and whether it would help or hurt our economy. Our support or opposition to these proposals will be based on those principles,” Donohue said during the kick-off event for the Ohio Climate Change Dialogue Group. He also stressed the importance of all nations working to address climate change and urged stronger U.S. leadership to conclude a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol.

The Ohio Climate Change Dialogue is the latest in a series of Chamber-led national events bringing together employers, energy producers, and consumers to stimulate a national discussion on key climate change issues and alternatives to currently proposed legislation.

Read Donohue’s speech.

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