PNM to leave US Chamber of Commerce over climate
Posted at: 09/25/2009 1:41 PM
| Updated at: 09/25/2009 2:45 PM
By: The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico's largest utility says it will let its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce lapse at the end of the year because of differences over climate change issues.
A statement from Public Service Company of New Mexico says the utility sees climate change as a pressing environmental and economic issue and that it can be most productive by working with organizations that share its view on the need for "thoughtful, reasonable climate change legislation."
PNM's decision to leave the nation's largest business organization comes on the heels of a similar announcement by California utility PG&E Corp.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been critical of the Obama administration's efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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