Google workers call on company to adopt aggressive climate plan

More than 1,000 Google workers have signed a public letter calling on their employer to commit to an aggressive "company-wide climate plan" that includes canceling contracts with the fossil fuel industry and halting its donations to climate change deniers. The letter, which is addressed to Google's chief financial officer, Ruth Porat, also calls for zero emissions by 2030 and "zero collaboration with entities enabling the incarceration, surveillance, displacement or oppression of refugees or frontline communities". "We're excited to keep building momentum as tech workers join millions of people all over the world acting boldly for a livable future," said Sharon Campbell-Crow, a senior technical writer for Google, by email. "Marginalized communities have worked for climate justice for decades; Google needs to catch up and stop funding climate denial." The public campaign by Google workers follows similar efforts by employees of Amazon and Microsoft.