Bezos and Gates: What's their impact on the Climate Crisis? : Just Have a Think

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos announced in February that he was putting $10 billion of his own money into a new grants program called the Bezos Earth Fund, to help in the fight against Climate Change. The other richest guy in the world, Bill Gates has been talking about climate change for over a decade now. So how do the two individuals, and the companies they founded, measure up in their green credentials?


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