Democrat calls on Google to stop funding climate crisis deniers (only 11.26 years left)

The Guardian via Yahoo ^ | 10/16/19 | Stephanie Kirchgaessner

[Libloather]

A Democratic lawmaker has called on Google CEO Sundar Pichai to stop investing in organizations that deny the existence of the climate crisis, saying it was hard to overstate how detrimental the impact of such groups had been on the US climate debate.

Kathy Castor’s letter to Pichai followed a report in the Guardian last week that revealed Google had made “substantial” contributions to some of the most notorious climate deniers in Washington, despite the internet giant’s insistence it supports political action to combat the crisis.

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“It is hard to overstate the detrimental impact groups like CEI have had on the climate debate in the United States since the early days of the Kyoto Protocol,” Castor, a Democratic representative from Florida, said. “Because of their public and behind-the-scenes efforts to obfuscate and obstruct, we have lost critical time to cut greenhouse gas pollution and now face a shrinking window of opportunity to avert the worst impacts of climate change.”

Google has said that its support for CEI and other groups, including the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation, reflected support for the groups’ “strong technology policies”, and not their stance on the climate crisis.

[Libloather]

Activists with Extinction Rebellion staged a protest in front of Google’s London headquarters on Wednesday, with more than 100 mothers - and babies - staging a “nurse-in” to protest the company’s funding of climate deniers.

Those babies already have Google accounts. Extinction Rebellion isn't doing the math.

[Mount Athos]

climate is such a critical national issue that there was ZERO discussion of the issue at the last democrat debate

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Love this comment:

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GLW14 minutes ago
Here’s your challenge: Define the “climate crisis” without using the following words...

Could, might, projected, if, possibly, might, potentially, can, predicted, etc.”

[Telepathic Intruder]

It’s called “climate crisis” now? I guess that suits the narrative that we’re all going to die if we don’t give total power to the government.

[BenLurkin]

“Fee speech”,, to leftists has always meant shouting down opposing viewpoints.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"...it was hard to overstate how detrimental the impact of such [anti-crisis] groups had been on the US climate debate."

Well, thanks! That brightened me up considerably.

[gibsonguy]

Going forward it’s going to be a “Climate Crisis” at every turn. Branding anyone who tells the truth a “denier” is a classic Marxist technique. If these bastards get what they want they are going to make our lives miserable.

[butlerweave]

If Deniers stopped buying Google products Google wouldn’t have the money to give to Democrats

[antidemoncrat]

The Democrats are all for Democracy as long as everyone does what they are commanded to do.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The only proven results of higher levels of CO2 are arid places greening up.

Warmer temperatures are beneficial to humans.
We are a tropical species.
Cold kills.

[montag813]

[MAGAthon]

Google is heavily invested in unreliable “renewables”, so I doubted the first article Guardian wrote about this, and I haven’t changed my mind with this one.

I’m more concerned about Google’s plans for the 2020 election.