Revealed: Google made large contributions to climate change deniers

Guardian UK ^ | Friday, October 11, 2019 | Stephanie Kirchgaessner

[SunkenCiv]

Among hundreds of groups the company has listed on its website as beneficiaries of its political giving are more than a dozen organisations that have campaigned against climate legislation, questioned the need for action, or actively sought to roll back Obama-era environmental protections.

The list includes the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a conservative policy group that was instrumental in convincing the Trump administration to abandon the Paris agreement and has criticised the White House for not dismantling more environmental rules.

Google said it was disappointed by the US decision to abandon the global climate deal, but has continued to support CEI.

Google is also listed as a sponsor for an upcoming annual meeting of the State Policy Network (SPN), an umbrella organisation that supports conservative groups including the Heartland Institute, a radical anti-science group that has chided the teenage activist Greta Thunberg for "climate delusion hysterics".

SPN members recently created a "climate pledge" website that falsely states "our natural environment is getting better" and "there is no climate crisis".

Google has defended its contributions, saying that its "collaboration" with organisations such as CEI "does not mean we endorse the organisations' entire agenda".

It donates to such groups, people close to the company say, to try to influence conservative lawmakers, and - most importantly - to help finance the deregulatory agenda the groups espouse.

[SunkenCiv]

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[ElkGroveDan]

Blasphemers! Stone them all!

[goldstategop]

I’m shocked. I didn’t expect this from the libs who run Google. I nearly fell out of my bed reading it!

[SunkenCiv]

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[polymuser]

Domestic enemy.

[colorado tanker]

Deniers! Heretics! Burn them at the stake!

[DoughtyOne]

Well shut my mouth. Who saw that coming?

Dang, it did get something right. Amazing.

[dp0622]

Deregulation is what they like about these groups’ agendas.

Google says one thing and does another

[vpintheak]

Deniers! Deniers! Deniers! Burn the heretics! Burn them!
Funny how the left wants a return to the dark ages.

[Texas Eagle]

Yeah, but I’m sure they’ve made much, much larger contributions to climate change hoax deniers.

[Libloather]

Hey Google! Ya know who I am, where I live, what I say online and even take a snapshot once in awhile. Send me some loot!

[Telepathic Intruder]

Let’s go get ‘em!

[DoughtyOne]

Ha! Good point...

[Bommer]

Wait, you mean that solar powered/wind powered servers are not reliable? Hey did you notice that Google seems to be immune to the PGP power outages? How much do those servers suck up in energy that they can’t run on generators for a while.

[Brilliant]

In all likelihood their real strategy is just to keep the issue alive. The Dems don’t really want to solve any problem. They just want the issue.

[Innovative]

Interesting.

“
Google said it was disappointed by the US decision to abandon the global climate deal, but has continued to support CEI.”

They are trying to have it both ways, but in the bottom line money talks and they donated to the anti-global warming organization.

Maybe Amazon is OK afterall.

[Innovative]

Oops, I mean Google, that was what the article was about, not Amazon. Sorry.

[BEJ]

I think some libs are coming to their senses. Goggle and Facebook for example, but it may be that morality and common sense has nothing to do with it. They just know Trump is taking it to the ineffectual Democrats and will probably win the next election. That and that Warren will sink their financial ship through taxation of the rich. So they are jumping on the Trump Train.

[broken_clock]

The Dems don’t really want to solve any problem. They just want the issue.

Agreed, I think you’re on to something here.

[FreeperCell]

The horror. OMG!!