U.S. Chamber Comments on CFPB Proposal on Earned Wage Products

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness appreciates the opportunity to submit comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding its Proposed Interpretive...

The Chamber’s Arbitrary Takes on Arbitration

The United States Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) has long been a proponent of arbitration as a pro-corporate means to resolve disputes outside of traditional court systems. Time after time, even in...

Credit card late fees capped at $8 as part of Biden administration crackdown on junk fees | CNN...

Federal regulators finalized a rule on Tuesday to cap most credit card late fees at $8 as part of a broader push by the Biden administration to eliminate junk fees.

Business coalition sues California over nation-leading climate disclosure laws

Thousands of large businesses operating in the state would be required to disclose their carbon footprint and climate-related financial risks under the laws.

Business coalition sues California over nation-leading climate disclosure laws

Thousands of large businesses operating in the state would be required to disclose their carbon footprint and climate-related financial risks under the laws.

Empty Promises - Public Citizen

Floods, storms and fires displaced 20,000 children every day over past six years, UNICEF report...

More than 43 million children have been driven from their homes by floods, storms, droughts and wildfires over the six years between 2016 and 2021, according to new data from UNICEF. That works out...

US SEC chair makes pitch for climate rule to corporate group

Establishing rules for U.S. companies to follow when reporting environmental risks would help them avoid the confusion of trying to use foreign frameworks, Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and...

The Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires

Some of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers are now directly connected to wildfires across western North America.

This September Was the Earth’s Hottest on Record

The scorching month follows the hottest June, July and August in recorded human history

Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change (Published 2023)

A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt.

World just endured its hottest summer on record. UN chief says ‘climate breakdown has begun’

"We can still avoid the worst of climate chaos – and we don't have a moment to lose," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Devastating Hawaii fires made ‘much more dangerous’ by climate change

Global heating is causing vegetation to dry out, priming it as fuel for an outbreak of fire, says scientist at Nature Conservancy

When every day somewhere is a climate record

Climate scientists say we should be ready to see records shattered so frequently that the superlatives may melt together in the public mind like asphalt in August.

Heat Waves Grip 3 Continents as Climate Change Warms Earth (Published 2023)

Across North America, Europe and Asia, hundreds of millions of people endured blistering conditions. The U.S. special envoy for climate change called it “a threat to all of humankind.”

This July 4 was hot. Earth’s hottest day on record, in fact.

Scientists say the average temperature on Earth was 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit on July 4, the highest since at least 1979 and a sign of the worsening climate crisis.

Corporations and the Supreme Court Archives | Constitutional Accountability Center

CAC’s long-term study of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its record before the Roberts Court