Our favorite woman from the Bronx is doing what she does : calling copious the great unwashed out .
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez ( D - NY ) and Rep. Chellie Pingree ( D - Maine ) sent aletterto Microsoft , Google , and Facebook executives dated Friday questioning whether these three tech whale are actually down to stop climate modification . If they were , why did they recently shop a conference that included a session promoting climate change denial ?
We can not allow the funding of misinformation political campaign to shape our democracy .
We can disagree on insurance policy , but climate change is substantial . Period .
lofty to have joined@chelliepingreeon this letter demand for greater obligation to our democracy and planet.https://t.co/5hLsg1FmgT
— Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez ( @AOC)January 28 , 2019
LibertyCon , a scholar - led league that call for students and non - students likewise to learn about libertarianism , took blank space in Washington , D.C. , earlier this month . Only two session were about climate modification , agree to this order of business , but the representatives take issue with one , in particular . The loudspeaker , Caleb Rossiter , is a member of the CO2 Coalition , a nonprofit that advocates for more carbon dioxide in the air . The organization is all about questioning climate modification , which science has showntimeandtime againis an more and more urgent job .
As you are well cognizant , the spread of misinformation can be dangerous to our lodge . Today ’s coordinated campaign to deny climate alteration , or to put a cocksure spin on its result , is not unlike that of the baccy company which once seek to disgrace their mathematical product ’s link to genus Cancer . Their propaganda kept the nation from addressing a public wellness crisis for years , lead to many preventable death . We can not yield to make the same error again with clime change . We must be resolute against granting this campaign any credibility , whether designed or otherwise .
A Microsoft spokesperson read : “ Microsoft ’s engagement with LibertyCon was through a breakfast reception for student leader to hash out topics include rural broadband and secrecy . mood modification is one of the most significant topic of our meter , and our commitment to speak it is univocal . ”
The conference also included a panel with loudspeaker from the Heartland Institute , which also fuel the mood self-denial simple machine . In all fairness , other topics include civil rights and criminal justice reform , but none of that detracts from the league ’s seek to formalise climate denial .
These technical school company purport to take climate change seriously — especially on thecleanenergyfront . ( Google , unfortunately , still hasa mass to learnabout managing the spread head of climate misinformation . ) These companies acknowledge clime modification also creates abusiness opportunity , but they ’re not bad enough to wittingly bear out climate deniers , correct ?
At least we can count on Ocasio - Cortez to hold them accountable when that wait like what they ’re doing .
[ h / t Mother Jones ]
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