NYT: U.S.-Europe Tension Rises as PG&E Splits From U.S. Chamber - by Joel Kirkland

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U.S.-Europe Tension Rises as PG&E Splits From U.S. Chamber - by Joel Kirkland

Tensions between business groups in the United States and Europe on the direction of global climate negotiations came to a boil yesterday, just as a major California utility quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,complaining of the group's "extreme position on climate change."

At a U.S. Chamber-sponsored forum in Washington, European business leaders reinforced concern expressed by European diplomats about slow progress in the U.S. government's efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions prior to the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen this December.