One
of the world's most powerful technology companies is giving tens of
thousands of dollars to politicians and special interest groups actively
engaged in misleading the public about the reality of climate change — and the Center for Inquiry wants you to tell them to stop!
Today (July 11) Google will host at its Washington, D.C. offices a fundraising lunch for
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma). Inhofe is no ordinary politician to be
lobbied—he's the most ardent climate change denier in Congress.
Spreading the notion that global warming is a "hoax" and a "conspiracy"
is Inhofe's marquee issue. He's even said that more CO2 in the atmosphere would be "beneficial to our environment and the economy."
And in June, Google was the
largest single donor to a fundraising dinner for the Competitive
Enterprise Institute (CEI), giving $50,000, according to the Washington Post.
CEI is an organization that denies the threat of global warming on
behalf of energy interests, and who infamously ran television ads
dismissing the fact that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a pollutant. ("They
call it pollution, we call it life," says the narrator.)
The Center for Inquiry is
shocked and deeply disappointed by Google's association with these
so-called "climate skeptics," and is urging is the company’s leaders to
examine their consciences and cease any further support or donations for those promoting harmful nonsense.
Click here to send a message to Google.
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