July 24, 2013

WTF Is Google Doing Raising Money for Congress’ Biggest Climate Denier?


Google is taking some serious flak from environmentalists over its recent fundraiser for Sen. James Inhofe (R-OKla.), climate denier extraordinaire. Today, protesters are convening in Mountainview to, as a press release from the climate change activist group 350.org put it, “raise awareness among Google’s environmentally-minded and science-oriented employees and management of their company’s fundraising for one of the most prominent climate change deniers in the country.” We thought we’d take a trip down to check it out:

Brad Johnson (@climatebrad) of Forecast the Facts says Google rejected the petitions and suggested they submit a business proposal instead. Johnson says they will next see what members want to do. “This is not over,” he said following this video. Watch:

 

Bruce Jones’ (@BMcCJ) message to Google:

 

 

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