Google, Microsoft, eBay workers bankroll climate change skeptics in CongressSilicon Valley Business JournalOther tech firms named in the report include Microsoft Corp., whose employees have doled out just over $1 million to climate change skeptics, and $252,300 chipped in by those affiliated with eBay. Though other industries donated much more …
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