No surprises that the NRDC has used their creative license to concoct a selective timeline of quotes to erroneously misconstrue the Chamber’s climate change positions. Let's correct their continued sloppy work (our additions left):

8/25/09: U.S. Chamber senior staff tells the LA Times it seeks a "Scopes Monkey Trial" to question whether global warming poses a human health threat.

8/31/09: Said senior staffer in the National Journal: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not denying or otherwise challenging the science behind global climate change. Many of the news articles on our petition the past few days made that claim. They are not correct. The anti-business lobby quickly jumped on these news articles without actually reading the substance of the Chamber’s petition, casting us as climate “deniers.” That is certainly unfortunate, but not unexpected. For many of these special interest groups, dogma trumps facts, and they’ve been calling us deniers for years, even though the Chamber supports sensible and ambitious congressional and international action on global climate change. My “Scopes monkey” analogy was inappropriate and detracted from my ability to effectively convey the Chamber’s position on this important issue."

9/29/09: The Chamber denies that "we deny the existence of any problem" and says its critics are "dead wrong" in a press release.

9/29/09 Tom Donohue writes: "Some in the environmental movement claim that, because of our opposition to a specific bill or approach, we must be opposed to all efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, or that we deny the existence of any problem. They are dead wrong. The Chamber has in its public documents, Hill letters and testimony, as well as dozens of concrete policy recommendations, supported efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere while keeping our economy healthy."

10/03/09 David Chavern in a letter to the New York Times: “The U.S. Chamber supports legislation to address the risks of climate change. What we won’t support are proposals that will undermine our already fragile economy and destroy jobs.”

10/26/09: U.S. Chamber President and CEO, Tom Donohue, tells Politico "Is the science [of global warming] right? Is the science not right? I don't know."

10/20/09: Bruce Josten in Politico: “We have not, are not and will not” challenge the science behind climate change, he added, noting that the Chamber has for years called for comprehensive climate legislation “that is workable.”

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."

01/07/09: State of American Business"Congress should reassert its legislative authority over climate change policy and not leave it to EPA regulators to impose a top-down approach."

05/14/09: Letter on Climate Change: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce...supports strong, sensible legislation to address global climate change that protects jobs and the economy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions."

06/24/09: Letter on Waxman-Markey: "Despite opposition to this specific bill as currently crafted, the Chamber strongly supports comprehensive legislation to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases while providing for a strong American economy."

11/03/09: The U.S. Chamber later tweets that Congress should reject legislation with the "top-down approach of targets and timetables..."

11/03/09:  Actual Tweet: "Josten on climate legislation - need a workable bottom-up plan not top-down approach of targets and timetables - http://bit.ly/36HXQu"

11/03/09:  Press Release tweet links to: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today continued its support for strong federal climate change legislation"

11/03/09: Full Josten quote from press release: "The Chamber believes the Senate has an opportunity to promote a workable bottom-up plan that starts by addressing the fundamental building blocks—rather than the top-down approach of targets and timetables it has taken thus far”

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" in a blog post by Bruce Josten, the letter's author.

Well, that last one about sums it up.  The only people confused by our climate change position are those who are constantly misrepresenting it by, say, using quotes out of context and incomplete narratives.  Happy to clear things up, sad that the debate is so dishonest that we have to.