How Corporations Gave Republicans Permission to Deny Reality

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.

How Corporations Gave Republicans Permission to Deny Reality

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