Proceeds of the lunch, priced at $250 to $2,500, will benefit the Republican Jim Inhofe, who calls climate change a ‘hoax’. CSIS: Center for Strategic & International Studies/Flickr Google, which prides itself on building a “better web that is better for the environment”, is hosting a fundraiser for the most notorious climate change denier in Congress, it has emerged. The lunch, at the company’s Washington office, will benefit the Oklahoma Republican Jim Inhofe, who has made a career of dismissing climate change as a “hoax” on the Senate floor. Proceeds of the 11 July lunch, priced at $250 to $2,500, will also go to the national Republican Senatorial Committee. It’s the second show of support from Google for the anti-climate cause in recent weeks. Last month, the Washington Post reported that the internet company had donated $50,000 for a fundraising dinner for the ultra-conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute – topping the contributions even of the Koch oil billionaires. To keep reading, click here. Link to article:  Google Hosts Fundraiser for Climate Change Denying US Senator ; ;Related ArticlesThe Southwest’s Forests May Never Recover from MegafiresDangerous Global Warming Could be Reversed, Say ScientistsIllinois Town Bans Stripping Because of Fracking ;

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Google Hosts Fundraiser for Climate Change Denying US Senator