Business Group Supports Pentagon's Purchase Of Canadian Fuel

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is coming out in defense of the U.S. military’s right to purchase fuel derived in Canada.

The Chamber, the largest pro-business trade group in the nation, released a statement today blasting a lawsuit filed against the DoD by the Sierra Club, an environmental group based in Washington.

“This lawsuit is yet another effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through litigation rather than legislation,” said Robin Conrad, executive vice president of the National Chamber Litigation Center, the Chamber’s public policy law firm. “This litigation could harm a wide range of American employers, from the domestic refiners who process the oil sands crude to the mechanics who work on the equipment.”

Read more about the case here.