Warmists in the Credentialed Media are super excited about this. You can find articles all over the place, including Vox, ARS Technica, NY Post, NY Times, CNN, and so many others. Here’s CNBC, which gets right to the meat
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to launch Earth Fund for combating climate change
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Monday announced the launch of a new Earth Fund that the e-commerce chief plans to use to combat the effects of climate change.
He said in an Instagram post that he’s pledging $10 billion to start the fund, which will be called the Bezos Earth Fund, and will issue grants to scientists, activists and other organizations in their efforts to “preserve and protect the natural world.â€
“We can save Earth,†Bezos wrote in his post. “It’s going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organizations, and individuals.â€
“Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet,†he added. “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share.â€
Hmm, so, this fund isn’t really doing anything but funding activists and “scientists” who’ll lobby government to force their beliefs on Everyone Else? Seriously, what is Bezos doing in his own life to reduce his carbon footprint? How about the vast amounts of fossil fuels and energy used by the Bezos owned Washington Post (which also has the story) to gather, create, and disseminate the news? Will he be reducing that carbon footprint?
And what of Amazon? It has a pretty big footprint with all those goods being delivered in fossil fueled vehicles, right? Will the whiny employees who were protesting be satisfied?
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice said Monday that while they support Bezos’s move, it’s still concerned about the company’s support of the oil and gas industry.
“We applaud Jeff Bezos’ philanthropy, but one hand cannot give what the other is taking away,†the group said in a statement. “The people of Earth need to know: When is Amazon going to stop helping oil & gas companies ravage Earth with still more oil and gas wells?â€
Guess not. Of course, without fossil fuels, Amazon ceases to be able to operate and all those employees lose their jobs.
Anyhow, this whole climate fund from Bezos looks like a typical Warmist con-job.
