As Yahoo joined the technology company exodus...
As Yahoo joined the technology company exodus from the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC’s state legislator members responded, arguing Google -- which began the parade of announced withdrawals -- misrepresented the council’s positions (http://bit.ly/1v3YxIR). Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt pointed…
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to the council’s climate change denial as the main reason his company decided to cancel its membership, calling the group’s messaging on the topic “literally lying.” “Your calculated departure from ALEC is based on misinformation from climate activists who intentionally confuse free market policy perspectives for climate change denial,” the lawmakers said. “ALEC recognizes that climate change is an important issue and just hosted a roundtable conversation for a variety of companies -- including Google -- on this very issue.” ALEC has “no model policy” that denies climate change, they said. Google did not comment on the ALEC letter. Facebook, Yahoo and Yelp -- which have all either left or indicated they likely would leave ALEC -- did not explicitly say the organization’s climate change position drove them away. The letter was signed by 156 state legislators.