Microsoft says Chamber doesn't speak for it on climate legislation

Microsoft is disowning the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s position against climate legislation, but the software giant doesn't seem ready to quit the powerful business lobby because of it.

In an unannounced post on one of its in-house blogs, Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s chief environmental strategist, wrote: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has never spoken for nor done work on behalf of Microsoft regarding climate change legislation, and we have not participated in the Chamber’s climate initiatives. Microsoft has stated that climate change is a serious issue that demands immediate, worldwide attention and we are acting accordingly.

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Last fall, several companies, including Apple, announced they were leaving the Chamber because of its opposition to climate legislation. Environmental advocates have urged Microsoft to take similar action.

Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates said in an address last month that the world should work to lower carbon emissions to zero by 2050 to avert the catastrophic effects of climate change.