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Pressure is mounting, from many sides, on the US Chamber of Commerce, which has been actively fighting moving forward with sensible climate legislation. The Chamber’s position is so severe that, in fact, multiple businesses (such as PG&E) have left the chamber, others have stepped down the board with public statements distancing themselves from the Chamber’s activities, and there is increasing criticism of the Chamber from voices across the United States. There have been quite strong articles appearing in the traditional media, such as this great Washington Post piece. And, there are campaigns being mounted calling on companies to leave the Chamber, such as Credo/Drinking Liberally’s calling out of Anheuser-Busch (see That Bud’s Not for Me …), against other companies.

MoveOn’s call re Toyota is a great social pressure effort that all Toyota owners (or prospective owners) are encouraged to consider joining.

The Chamber is spending millions fighting clean energy, and a long list of companies including Apple and Nike have backed away in protest.1

Toyota responded to our calls by shutting off their voice mail.

If Toyota’s really as green as they say, they should stop funding the Chamber’s anti-climate lobbying. But it’s clear that Toyota needs to hear it from their own customers.

Hundreds of Toyota owners have already printed out the sign, taken their photos, and uploaded them to the campaign.

Toyota’s US Chamber of Commerce members is at odds with their fluffy ads, sprouting flowers, promoting the Prius and their environmental claims

Green. That’s how we’d like the world to be. As an environmental leader, Toyota does more than meet industry standards – we seek to raise them.

Well, in terms of lobbying and relationship with the US government, the US Chamber of Commerce has focused on a quite dirty green (fossil-foolish profits based on pollution) rather than the sort of “Green” Toyota wishes to claim. As long as they’re members, Toyota’s US Chamber of Commerce membership dirties their “Green” credentials.