On April 1 Internet readers were treated to an announcement that appeared to come from Google CEO Sundar Pichai: “Today Google Stops Funding Climate Change Deniers.” It explained that Google—the world’s preeminent information company—had for many years financed disinformation, but the COVID-19 crisis had made it take stock. Google executives would “stop our funding of organizations that deny or work to block action on climate change.”
Some trade organizations have distorted the facts on climate change and other issues to keep members’ profits high