U.S. Chamber of Commerce Changes Position on Climate Change - Hey, Wait a Minute… : Red, Green, and Blue

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Changes Position on Climate Change - Hey, Wait a Minute…

Written by Tom Schueneman

Published on October 20th, 2009

Posted in Climate Change, Leader, Liberal, U.S.

I’ll show you my business card if you show me yours…

The Yes Men were up to their usual tricks yesterday, impersonating an official from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and supposedly reversing the dogged stance the Chamber has taken on climate change. A call from the Chamber last summer to conduct a “Scopes Monkey Trial of the 21st century” on climate change science (their own characterization) led to an exodus of several prominent members wanting nothing to do with such shenanigans.

It seems that the Chamber didn’t find the prank so terribly amusing. Pity.

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