FarmPolicy

May 26, 2013

Climate Legislation; Biofuels; Nutrition Programs; H1N1; Animal Agriculture; and Doha

Climate Legislation

David A. Fahrenthold reported yesterday at The Washington Post Online that, “Will the real U.S. Chamber of Commerce please stand up?

Environmental activists held a hoax press conference Monday morning, pretending to be the business group — and pretending to announce that the chamber was dropping its opposition to climate-change legislation now in Congress.

“The event, complete with fake handouts on chamber letterhead, at least a couple of fake reporters, and a podium adorned with the chamber logo, broke up when a spokesman from the real chamber burst in.”

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