Some trade organizations have distorted the facts on climate change and other issues to keep members’ profits high
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.”