Justin Trudeau’s Billion-Dollar Scandal Is a Story of Power, Branding, and Charity
"At the centre of this scandal is the story of WE, a unique charitable-corporate hybrid, and its symbiotic relationship with the prime minister."
Do Philanthropists Actually Love the Planet?
"While climate philanthropy cannot be blamed for rising temperatures, its efforts to curb climate change must be critically scrutinized. We must hold it accountable for its role in developing and promoting the voluntary, market-based, and bottom-up approach that presently dominates the international climate agenda and that has clearly not delivered the required results."
COP21 Gets A Spark Of Nuclear Energy From Breakthrough Energy Coalition
"The Intertubes have been buzzing with news of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, the latest venture by US billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates... If your definition of clean energy includes nuclear energy, then you have a lot to cheer about because that seems to be a main focus of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition’s interest."
Dec 01
20151
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ceres, Environmental Defence Fund, Ford Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, NoVo Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Sierra Club
A Fixed Mentality
"In 2014 the Energy Foundation/Fund in San Francisco (assets $100 Million) granted four million to Sierra Club Foundation, a couple million to Natural Resources Defense Council, as well as $665,000 to Earth Justice (Sierra Club), $565,000 to Environmental Defense Fund, and $335,000 to CERES."
Exploiting Feminism for Profit
"Neoliberal capitalism, which is built on the disenfranchisement of women and people of colour, is attempting to contain radical discourse within its walls. In doing so it neutralises the potential for system change. "