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Aspen biz group eyes taking on U.S. Chamber for its climate-denying...

More Colorado companies and business organizations are piling on with the Obama administration in an escalating war of words with the rigidly conservative U.S....

Colorado firms skewer U.S. Chamber for fighting climate change legislation

Count a growing number of Colorado businesses among those deeply disenchanted with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its stance that climate change legislation is largely based on junk science and will further derail the American economy.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce to stop global warming by frivolously suing...

U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., one-time nominal GOP leader and no tree-hugger by anyone's measure, came to Colorado this week and proclaimed that he...

It’s showtime for ad campaign featuring Eagle-Vail boy sued in ski...

It’s not your typical pre-movie popcorn fare, but Denver-area theatergoers starting today will be treated to a short trailer produced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce targeting lawsuit abuse and featuring an Eagle-Vail boy sued in a ski accident in 2007.

Eight-year-old skier is focus of ad urging lawsuit reform

The parents of an Eagle-Vail boy sued in a ski accident when he was just eight years old are now featured in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad campaign targeting lawsuit abuse.

Big business lobby stumps in Denver to defeat ‘card check’ bill

A representative with the world's largest business federation was in Denver on Monday to decry H.R. 800, federal legislation that would give workers greater rights to unionize. At the meeting, business leaders were not only told to oppose the proposal by putting pressure on members of Congress, but they were also encouraged to make changes to state law.