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# How Corporations Gave Republicans Permission to Deny Reality
- URL: https://readsludge.com/2021/02/11/how-corporations-gave-republicans-permission-to-deny-reality/
- Published: 2021-02-11T17:44:03.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-06T21:31:07.000Z
- Description: Big companies donated to climate deniers in Congress – even while claiming to care about climate change. When those same lawmakers denied the results of the election, the bill came due.
- Author: David Moore
- Tags: Brick House Cooperative, #wordpress, #Import 2023-07-20 16:54

At the 2018 UN climate conference in Poland, visitors could watch a virtual forest degrade on a set of screens – and donate, a display said, to help save it. The installation was sponsored by Visa, a partner of that year’s conference. The Visa logo sat tucked in the corner of the large screens. Every time a passerby tapped a card reader to make a donation to the UN Climate Adaptation Fund, Visa made a €3 contribution of its own. In total, the display generated around $67,000 for the fund, the company said.

*Full post by Molly Taft via Nexus Media at [The Brick House Cooperative](https://thebrick.house/how-corporations-gave-republicans-permission-to-deny-reality/)*