Big tech vows to fight climate crisis but employs fossil fuel-linked lobbyists

The biggest players in tech have contracted with lobbyists that also represent some of the biggest fossil fuel companies

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon - some of the largest technology firms in the world - have all vowed to confront the climate crisis and have each set goals to slash planet-heating emissions. But they have also hired US lobbyists that work with the fossil fuel companies that are worsening global heating.

Apple has contracted lobbyists who also work for the Koch Industries network, well known for its work to undermine confidence in climate science and stymie action to cut emissions, as well as the coal mining company Peabody, among other fossil fuel companies, according to F Minus, a new database of state-level lobbying disclosures.