Google is bankrolling climate deniers, report reveals. Here's the 3 most problematic ways.

Google is helping to fund several major climate deniers despite "its insistence that it supports political action on the climate crisis," claims an in-depth Guardian investigation. 

The tech giant's website names as "beneficiaries of its political giving" more than a dozen organisations that have "campaigned against climate legislation, questioned the need for action, or actively sought to roll back Obama-era environmental protections," writes Guardian investigations correspondent Stephanie Kirchgaessner. 

Mashable reached out to Google's press office for a statement but did not receive an immediate response. In a statement to the Guardian, Google defended its actions and claimed its "collaboration" with these groups did not equate to endorsing the organisations' "entire agenda." A spokesperson added that Google sponsors organisations with "strong technology policies" across the political spectrum.  Read more...