Despite all its plain performative public - facingclimate change initiative , Google is forking over “ real ” contribution todenier organizationsand result .
A report from theGuardianpublished Friday divulge that the tech company is contributing to more than a dozen organizations that have questioned the need for military action or promote back against climate rule and legislating .
As the Guardian noted , one of the groupslisted as receivingsignificant contributions from Google is the Competitive Enterprise Institute , an organization thatdescribes itselfas baselessly questioning “ global warming alarmism ” and opposing “ energy - ration policies , admit the Paris Climate Treaty , Kyoto Protocol , cap - and - trade legislation , and EPA regulating of greenhouse gas emissions . ” It was also influential in the Trump administration ’s changeover , including having one of its fellowslead pull back up plansto bowel the Environmental Protection Agency .
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Earther asked Google which part of each climate - denying organization ’s agenda it does support , but we did not receive an immediate reply .
As limp a defence for Google ’s agenda as that rationale is , it is also sadly true . The Guardian noted in its report that Google is list as a presenter for the State Policy connection ’s ( SPN ) Annual Meeting , an issue for which societal media giant Facebook is also listed as a supporter , as is Altria , which owns a minority wager in e - fag troupe and market titan Juul .
As the Guardian notice , SPN supports correct - wing think tanks like the Heartland Institute , one of the most notorious sources of mood denial . The group includes the bald - faced prevarication on its climate alteration web page that “ [ m]ost scientists do not believe human nursery flatulency emissions are a show terror to the environment or to human well - being . ” In increase , Heartland Institute has trashed teen activist Greta Thunberg following herspeech before the United Nationslast month , and it host a number of climate denial confabs , includingone last year in New Orleansthat draw extremity of Congress and White House staffers as speakers .
However Google attempts to fit the straight peg of its political agenda into the round jam of reality , the bottom line is that all of that public - facing rhetoric aboutclimate actionis essentially nonmeaningful if one of the most powerful companies in the human race is actively conduce to the misinformation that proceed to undermine the future and health of our planet .
So much for that whole “ do n’t be evil ” matter .
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