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David HoThe perfect headline doesn’t exi…
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Émilio Gonzalez@MisterMadge @davidho Yes, the headline is misinformation, it's 3h of annual revenue, it's written in the article
Jill ✨@davidho Is this the same publicity stunt like German companies do by usually donating 10% at the end of a year for a "good cause" in order to have it deducted from tax?
Nicole ParsonsGoogle has no interest in civil rights, democracy, rule of law, or the survival of the planet.
Why?
They take investment money from murderous petrostate despots like #PrinceBonesaw
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/business/google-discrimination-settlement-women.html
https://proton.me/tech-fines-tracker
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39v2ykwgdno
https://www.techpolicy.press/how-ai-driven-search-may-reshape-democracy-economics-and-human-agency/
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1992
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wgn3lre14o
Google isn't unique
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-greenland-billionaires/
Lieven@jill
#PostOfTheWeek (season 3):
Google has pledged "at least" $50 million through 2030 on "projects designed to eliminate superpollutants." The company will be joined by a handful of other companies including Amazon and Salesforce in the newly formed Superpollutant Action Initiative.
#PostOfTheWeek (season 3):
Google has pledged "at least" $50 million through 2030 on "projects designed to eliminate superpollutants." The company will be joined by a handful of other companies including Amazon and Salesforce in the newly formed Superpollutant Action Initiative.
@jill
In total, these companies have committed $100 million to the project, hoping to "accelerate the reduction" of superpollutants like methane, black carbon and refrigerant gases. Google says these are responsible for close to half of all planetary warming.
In total, these companies have committed $100 million to the project, hoping to "accelerate the reduction" of superpollutants like methane, black carbon and refrigerant gases. Google says these are responsible for close to half of all planetary warming.
@jill
"Superpollutants are a major part of the equation to limit atmospheric warming. Experts agree that eliminating them where we can is one of the most powerful levers we have to deliver near-term impact, playing a vital and complementary role to removing CO2," said Randy Spock, Google's carbon credits and removals lead.
"Superpollutants are a major part of the equation to limit atmospheric warming. Experts agree that eliminating them where we can is one of the most powerful levers we have to deliver near-term impact, playing a vital and complementary role to removing CO2," said Randy Spock, Google's carbon credits and removals lead.
@jill
The gases break down faster than CO2 but can trap heat thousands of times more efficiently, and the coalition claims that aggressive action could prevent more than half a degree Celsius of warming by 2050.
The gases break down faster than CO2 but can trap heat thousands of times more efficiently, and the coalition claims that aggressive action could prevent more than half a degree Celsius of warming by 2050.
@AlexaFontanilla2024 What's your point?
Jean 🐧 🇺🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈@davidho
How does one get past the newsletter subscription thing to actually read the article?
How does one get past the newsletter subscription thing to actually read the article?
Maki 🔻 🌹@easthighNerd @davidho You can use an archive site, like this; https://archive.ph/LppJM
I've also just copypasted the text here as alt text to the screenshot.
I hope that helps? :)
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MyViewJust pledging?
Anybody can do that ...
There's sure to be a word for money grubbing tax limiting/dodging people/companies 'donating' to stop something they are helping cause ...
Greed?
Shitfuckery?
Enshittification?
Ed
mathew@MyView @davidho Indeed, you don’t have to look back far to see what a Google climate pledge is worth.
Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis
Google's goal to be net-zero in carbon emissions by 2030 is still apparently company policy, it's just not broadcasting it anymore
clonedhuman@davidho Just enough to tell everyone how much Google cares about the environment.
diana 🏳️⚧️🦋🌱If Google paid their taxes, it would be cooler if they did...
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vvbudh@davidho @breadandcircuses would definitely call this greenwashing.
@davidho which is smaller the care they pretend or a neutrino.
BussphometThat profit about to hit close to zero when they fuck their phones.
Plus its google, so its definitely a big fat lie.
Pete Orrall@davidho $100M isn't enough.
They could have done *so* much more years ago but chose not to.