Google scientists tell Google to stop fundraising for Inhofe

Google scientists tell Google to stop fundraising for Inhofe

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A group of climate scientists who were part of Google’s Science Communication Fellows effort have sent a letter to the company decrying its recent fundraiser for climate change denier Sen. James Inhofe, a “troubling alliance” that “forces us to seriously question the company’s commitment to climate change leadership.”

The group of 21 scientists had been invited to the company’s offices in Silicon Valley in 2011 as a part of a push “to help foster a more open, transparent and accessible scientific dialogue.”

But on Thursday the fellows sent a highly critical letter to Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and CEO Larry Page, following the search engine’s July 11 announcement that it would host a fundraiser for Inhofe’s re-election campaign.

“The political gridlock that has derailed efforts to address climate change in the US owes much to Senator Inhofe,” the letter says. “His denial of the problem and fact-free assaults on the scientific community are designed to promote political dysfunction, to destroy the reputation of scientists, and to undermine our ability to find common ground.”