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Google Will Stop Supporting Climate Change Science Deniers, Calls Them Liars

posted by n1 on Tuesday September 23 2014, @08:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the trying-not-to-be-evil? dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt today said it was a “mistake” to support the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group that has said human-created climate change could be “beneficial” and opposes environmental regulations. Schmidt said groups trying to cast doubt on climate change science are "just literally lying."

Google’s membership in ALEC has been criticized because of the group’s stance on climate change and its opposition to network neutrality rules and municipal broadband. Earlier this month, Google refused to comment after 50 advocacy groups called on the company to end its affiliation with ALEC.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by BasilBrush on Tuesday September 23 2014, @10:25PM

    by BasilBrush (3994) on Tuesday September 23 2014, @10:25PM (#97370)

    Fuck 'em. They're a minority and most of us are living in democracies.

    The problem of course is that whilst they are a minority, they have a number of extremely wealthy people amongst them that are a corrupting influence on politicians.

    Which mean "fuck 'em" involves more than just ignoring them.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 23 2014, @11:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 23 2014, @11:26PM (#97398)

    They're a minority

    No, they're the majority. [soylentnews.org]
    THAT is where they get what power they have.
    Your lot is very loud, but y'all are a tiny minority.
    Even the farmers in the Red states in fly-over country know their growing seasons are changing, storms are getting more plentiful and more nasty, and water is getting more dear.
    ...and stapling tea bags to your hats doesn't suddenly make you the controlling force in the world.

    they have a number of extremely wealthy people amongst them that are a corrupting influence on politicians

    You should go ahead and name some of those folks.
    Here, I'll get it started: Sheldon Adelson, the Koch brothers...
    Oh, wait. Those are the guys on the OTHER side, who have already bought up lamestream media and are trying to buy up the political system (and with the help of SCOTUS are doing a bang-up job of that).

    -- gewg_