US Chamber Wrests Coveted Rubber Dodo Award From BP In Center For Biodiversity Presentation

[hatrack]

The US Chamber of Commerce has been given an ironic award this month: the Rubber Dodo. According to the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), the award is give to 'those who have done the most to drive endangered species extinct.'

Voted on by members of the conservation organization, this year's award—the fifth of its kind—was given to the US Chamber of Commerce for its unwavering support of the fossil fuels industry and for environmental deregulation.

According to Kierán Suckling, executive director of the CBD, the US Chamber of Commerce is "one of the most environmentally destructive forces in America. It puts profits above all else, including human health, human rights, the environment and wildlife."

The Chamber of Commerce has received its harshest criticism from environmentalists for combating climate legislation. In 2009 the group asked that climate change be put on 'trial'; its position on climate change led to a number of companies leaving the Chamber of Commerce.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2011/1019-hance_rubberdodo.html

[benld74]

1. I swear I thought it said rubber d*ldo!

[NickB79]

2. Well, they are fucking us pretty good

So that would be pretty fitting as well.