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applegrove

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Thu Jun 6, 2019, 11:00 PM Jun 2019

Bloomberg Promises $500 Million to Help End Coal

Bloomberg Promises $500 Million to Help End Coal

June 6, 2019 at 10:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 1 Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2019/06/06/bloomberg-promises-500-million-to-help-end-coal/

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Michael Bloomberg “will donate $500 million to a new campaign to close every coal-fired power plant in the United States and halt the growth of natural gas,” the New York Times reports.

“The new campaign, called Beyond Carbon, is designed to help eliminate coal by focusing on state and local governments. The effort will bypass Washington, where Mr. Bloomberg has said national action appears unlikely because of a divided Congress and a president who denies the established science of climate change.”

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Bloomberg Promises $500 Million to Help End Coal (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2019 OP
Wow !!!!! Miigwech Jun 2019 #1
Good. More billionaires need to step it up and be leaders in climate protection. Flaleftist Jun 2019 #2

Flaleftist

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2. Good. More billionaires need to step it up and be leaders in climate protection.
Thu Jun 6, 2019, 11:16 PM
Jun 2019

We obviously can't count on all of our elected officials.

Of course, there will be the billionaires profiting off fossil fuels, but there are many others who care about the future of the planet.

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