U. S. Chamber of Commerce forms climate task force

said on Tuesday it was forming a climate change task force to better understand how businesses are responding to the issue, backing away from the skepticism on global warming that prompted several companies to quit the group a decade ago. “This is really driven by how much we’re learning from our members about the various things they’re doing in the climate space,” said Neil Bradley, the chamber’s chief policy officer. “Virtually any industry sector that you talk to, they’re taking action on climate and ... thinking about how climate change impacts their business model.” Bradley and other officials at the chamber announced the task force at a conference in New York. The move is a sign of how the chamber’s policy on climate has changed from a decade ago.