Submitted by Wagamaga t3_yok2b6 in technology
nyaaaa t1_ivfo3pz wrote
Reply to comment by OriginalCompetitive in Michael Bloomberg announces a new initiative to phase out coal in 25 countries. by Wagamaga
What has he actually done? Provide his overpriced data that he tries to monopolize for free or less and call it helping? While getting a ton of free data in return?
OriginalCompetitive t1_ivfzuzx wrote
Google it if you really want to know. But in short, he bankrolled a war room of lawyers who spent the decade filing lawsuits, pushing regulatory changes, funding state and local legislation and initiatives, and anything else they could think of to target individual coal plants and drive them out of business.
And as your comment shows, it was a largely thankless task. He’s an unsung hero of the environmental movement.
war321321 t1_ivg2zy2 wrote
People who are doing zero to move society forward are often the ones most critical of those who are trying.
nyaaaa t1_ivjmz0j wrote
Worshipping good pr moves doesn't move society forward.
nyaaaa t1_ivgazba wrote
> And as your comment shows, it was a largely thankless task. He’s an unsung hero of the environmental movement.
Even according to their own website they did barely anything.
https://www.beyondcarbon.org/timeline/
Guess it worked on you.
I also don't see any significant impact on coal plant retirements beyond what would normally have happened. Good timed PR move.
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