Google pulls funding from conservative group for 'lying' about climate change


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Google is to stop funding a major conservative group over its stance on climate change. Speaking in a radio interview with NPR's Diane Rehm, Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt said that Google would not be renewing its membership to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), because the group was "literally lying" by opposing efforts to reduce global warming. The right-leaning ALEC, which has received donations from fossil fuel companies such as Exxon Mobil, has fought against the US government's efforts to pursue renewable energy sources, battled against regulations for coal power plants, tried to get ecological activists classified as terrorists, and questioned climate change research.

 

Google's executive chairman clearly stated Google's stance on the issue, saying that the facts of climate change "are not in question any more," and that the company "should not be aligned with such people" for the sake of future generations. "Everyone understands climate change is occurring, and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place." He justified Google's belief in climate change, saying the company "has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts."

 

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http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/22/6831217/google-pulls-funding-from-alec-conservative-group-for-climate-change-stance

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When people repeat the same lie about "GLOBAL WARMING STOPPED IN 1996" again and again after being told countless times why its wrong I don't know what to call these people other than Liars

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When people repeat the same lie about "GLOBAL WARMING STOPPED IN 1996" again and again after being told countless times why its wrong I don't know what to call these people other than Liars

 

Really not called Global Warming anymore.  More like Global Climate change.

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Yeah, because 'warming' has stopped. :laugh:

 

It hasn't. People just don't understand that 'global warming' doesn't mean the temperature rises forever in the exact location you're living in :rolleyes: It's not a hard concept to grasp really. The temperate across the globe is warming, hence global warming. Just because Dumbassville, Alabama saw the coldest winter ever last year doesn't magically make it so there isn't global warming.

 

Anyhow, good on Google. Fewer companies supporting the trolls at ALEC can only be a good thing for democracy.

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