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Ocasio-Cortez Presses Tech Giants Over Climate Denier Conference

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) are pressing Google, Facebook and Microsoft over their sponsorship of a conference that featured participation by climate change skeptics.

Ocasio-Cortez and Pingree in a letter to the tech firms' CEOs accused the giants of compromising their records on sustainability with their "implicit support" of the LibertyCon, a conference that took place earlier this month in Washington, D.C.

Mother Jones first reported that the libertarian event included a session titled "Let’s Talk About Not Talking: Should There Be ‘No Debate’ that Industrial Carbon Dioxide is Causing Climate Catastrophe?" The group behind the session, CO2 Coalition, opposes mandatory reductions in CO2 emissions."

Emily Birnbaum reports for The Hill January 28, 2019.

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"Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Sponsored a Conference That Promoted Climate Change Denial" (Mother Jones)

Source: The Hill, 01/29/2019