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Greenpeace cordons off US Chamber of Commerce headquarters as 'global warming crime scene' Jeremy Hance mongabay.com December 17, 2009 "We're asking the Chamber of Commerce to release our climate policy," said Greenpeace activist Molly Dorozenski. "This is the scene of the crime." Greenpeace alleges that the US climate policy has been hijacked by industry lobbying and corporations. The action took place in vew of the White House. "We're hoping [Obama] sees this," Dorozenski said. "We want him to stop listening to industry lobbyists and be a leader." The US Chamber of Commerce has come under criticism from environmentalists and some policymakers for opposing emissions regulations and pushing to hold a public hearing on the science of climate change. Several companies have quit the chamber in protest of its climate change stance including Apple, Exelon, PG&E Corp, and PNM Resources Inc. Greenpeace said in a statement regarding the action that "the US Chamber of Commerce has committed a series of climate crimes including: misinformation of the public on the issue of climate change, stalling action on global warming legislation, and holding the international climate talks hostage. Activists are calling on President Obama to show leadership and shed the influence of lobbyists." Related articles Climate change protestors vowing 'people's assembly' beaten back with batons, tear gas in Copenhagen (12/16/2009) Some 1,500 protestors attempting to enter the Bella Center in Copenhagen, where officials are trying to put together an international deal to combat climate change, were beaten back by police with batons and tear gas. Well-known climate change denialist labels activists in Copenhagen 'Hitler Youth' (12/15/2009) Prominent climate change denialist and past advisor to Margaret Thatcher, Viscount Christopher Monckton, has persisted in labeling protestors in Copenhagen 'Hitler Youth' despite little historical connection. Canada, not Copenhagen, hit by protests over climate policy (12/08/2009) While tens of thousands of protestors have gone to Copenhagen to call on world governments to do more to fight against climate change, the most surprising protest on the first day of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen occurred thousands of miles away: in Canada.
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