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Chamber of Commerce thaws on climate bill (for reals this time)?

Source: VentureBeat

Nov 04, 2009

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Two weeks ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was the target of an elaborate hoax by the Yes Men leading some major media outlets to believe that it had reversed its opposition to the Kerry-Boxer climate bill pending approval in the Senate. Now it seems the chamber has officially expressed support for legislation that would curtain carbon emissions — but still in confusingly vague terms.

Apparently, the organization sent a letter to Senators Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe (full text), the party leaders in the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee where the bill is being amended, supporting climate change legislation, while also requesting that a new, more balanced bill be drafted. Whether its support is genuine, or it’s just reaching for the most PR-savvy stall tactic remains to be seen. Though, considering how negative and obstinate it has been on the Kerry-Boxer bill recently (withstanding the loss of several of its most prominent members including PG&E and Apple), it’s probably the latter.

Its strategy is pretty brazen. It obviously wants to change i

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