Now Googlers Are Protesting Company’s Deals With Big Oil
- Internet giant has cloud deals with Schlumberger and Total
- Energy sector is latest target after military, border agencies
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Activists inside Google are calling on management to ditch deals with oil and gas companies, the latest flare-up inside the technology giant.
In a letter published on Monday, more than 1,100 workers asked Google Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat to release a “company-wide climate plan” that commits to cutting carbon emissions entirely. The letter also asks Google to drop contracts that “enable or accelerate the extraction of fossil fuels.”