Michael Bloomberg plan would make all new U.S. cars electric by 2035
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-climate/bloomberg-plan-would-make-all-new-u-s-cars-electric-by-2035-idUSKBN1ZG1MY By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg unveiled a plan on Friday to slash greenhouse gas emissions from transportation by making electric vehicles accessible to even low-income families and improving access to public transit. Bloomberg, a media billionaire and former mayor of New York City, has long fought to […]
Pielke Jr.: How Billionaires Tom Steyer & Michael Bloomberg Corrupted Climate Science – ‘Climate politics’ pursued by ‘corrupting the scientific literature’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2020/01/02/how-billionaires-tom-steyer-and-michael-bloomberg-corrupted-climate-science/#59c38674702c By Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. This is a story of American democracy. In one sense, it’s a noble story. People with shared values have come together to petition the government and the public on their political aims, just as envisioned by James Madison in Federalist 10. In another sense it’s a story of privilege and conceit – […]
Bloomberg just lost the state lawsuit against Exxon he’s been funding
https://junkscience.com/2019/12/bloomberg-just-lost-the-state-lawsuit-against-exxon-hes-been-funding/ By Steve Milloy Milloy’s op-ed today at WashingtonExaminer.com. A federal judge just dismissed, with prejudice, the New York attorney general’s lawsuit against oil giant ExxonMobil. Like the Trump impeachment saga, it’s been quite a circus with the public spectacle distracting from the behind-the-scenes skullduggery. The New York attorney general had alleged that ExxonMobil misled shareholders […]
Self-Declared Climate ‘Global Leader’ Mike Bloomberg Enjoys His Own Fleet of Private Jets, Helicopters
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/04/self-declared-climate-change-global-leader-mike-bloomberg-enjoys-his-own-fleet-of-private-jets-helicopters/ By JOHN BINDER Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, worth an estimated $54 billion, enjoys his own fleet of private jets and helicopters stationed in New Jersey while describing himself as a “global leader” on the environment and climate change. Bloomberg, who has pledged to end the American coal industry, has for years flown around the world to his […]
Michael Bloomberg claims: Chinese President Xi Jinping Is ‘Not a Dictator’ – ‘He has to satisfy his constituents’
https://freebeacon.com/issues/bloomberg-xi-jinping-is-not-a-dictator/ Graham Piro – SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 10:55 AM Michael Bloomberg told Firing Line host Margaret Hoover that Chinese president Xi Jinping is “not a dictator” and insisted the Chinese Communist Party listens to its constituents. The comments come in the wake of the former New York mayor’s announcement of an economic forum in Beijing this November. Bloomberg defended China’s ruling […]
Bloomberg Pledges $500M to Get Rid of Coal, Slow Natural Gas Production
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/07/bloomberg-pledges-500m-to-get-rid-of-coal-slow-natural-gas-production/ Michael Bloomberg is giving away more of his personal fortune to advance his radical environmental agenda, this time pledging $500 million to shutter every coal mine in the United States and slow the production of cheap, clean, and plentiful natural gas. The New York Times reported on the former mayor of New York City’s Beyond Carbon campaign. […]
Bloomberg Doesn’t Practice What He Preaches on Climate Change
https://www.insidesources.com/bloomberg-doesnt-practice-what-he-preaches-on-climate-change/ By Michael Graham Does climate change activist Michael Bloomberg practice what he preaches as a potential presidential candidate? That was the question that Carly, a political-science major from New England College, asked the former NYC mayor during a New Hampshire appearance on Tuesday promoting his new book on climate change—and possibly a 2020 POTUS […]
Michael Bloomberg blames icy Midwestern cold front on ‘global warming’ – Scientists reject claim
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/30/michael-bloomberg-blames-midwest-polar-vortex-glob/ By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Updated: 5:19 p.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg blamed Wednesday the frigid cold temperatures sweeping the Midwest on global warming, arguing that climate change makes weather events more extreme. “The science is clear: Climate change makes extreme weather more frequent and more intense,” […]
Bloomberg takes swipe at Ocasio-Cortez, suggests ‘Green New Deal’ not ‘realistic’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloomberg-takes-swipe-at-ocasio-cortez-suggests-green-new-deal-not-realistic NASHUA, N.H. – Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg on Tuesday took aim not only at President Trump, but also at some of his potential rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination and progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, during a stop in the state that holds the first primary in the race for the White […]
Jerry Brown: Climate change as serious as World War II
Jerry Brown: Climate change as serious as World War II… https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/jerry-brown-climate-change-challenges-serious-those-faced-world-war-n952446 WASHINGTON — California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown warned that America and the rest of the world are falling behind in the fight against climate change and likened the challenge to fighting the Nazis in World War II. In an interview for Sunday’s “Meet the […]