Facebook, Google, and Microsoft supported conference with climate change denialists
Despite public warnings about the dangers of climate change, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft all supported a conference that promoted climate change denialism, according to a new report from Mother Jones.
The three companies were all sponsors of LibertyCon, a convention aimed at a libertarian audience that took place this month. The convention included a speaker from a group called the CO2 Coalition, who reportedly argued that the impact of climate change on the environment has been exaggerated.
In a schedule for the conference, the talk — titled “Let’s Talk About Not Talking: Should there be ‘No Debate’ that Industrial Carbon Dioxide is Causing Climate Catastrophe?” —promised to “explain…
