The U.S. Chamber NeedS To GeT iTS STory STraiGhT
on Climate legislation.
it can be tough to understand where the U.s. Chamber stands on climate these days.
8/25/09
U.S. Chamber senior staff calls for a “Scopes Monkey Trial” to question whether global warming poses a human health threat.
9/29/09 The Chamber denies that “we deny the existence of any problem.” Says its critics are “dead wrong.” 10/26/09
U.S. Chamber President and CEO, Tom Donohue, says, “Is the science [of global warming] right? Is the science not right? I don’t know.”
11/03/09
The U.S. Chamber sends a letter to the Senate saying it “believes climate change is an important issue for this Congress to address” and commends “Senators Kerry and Graham for their recent [call for] comprehensive climate legislation.”
11/03/09
The U.S. Chamber later tweets that Congress should reject legislation with the “top-down approach of targets and timetables…”
11/06/09
The U.S. Chamber insists its 11/03/09 letter articulates the Chamber’s “position for the last two years and only represents a change to those who have willfully misrepresented it in the past.”
CoNFUSed? So are we.
the U.s. Chamber of Commerce is using double-talk so they can have it both ways on climate policy. no wonder they have lost their voice when it comes to climate change.
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