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Bill Gates downplays ‘doomsday view’ of climate change

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A changing climate won't end the human race and can be managed through sensible policies that emphasize human welfare, tech entrepreneur Bill Gates said.

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  1. Bill Gates calls out ‘doomsday’ view of climate change in memo

    Headline from The Columbian ·

  2. Newest

    Bill Gates downplays ‘doomsday view’ of climate change

    Headline from UPI ·

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47 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC News

    Bill Gates calls for 'strategic pivot' in climate change fight away from curbing emissions (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won't be the end of civilization.

  2. Insider

    Bill Gates wants to shift the climate discussion (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Billionaire Bill Gates emphasized climate change's impact on poor countries and called for a focus on poverty and disease rather than emission goals.

  3. The Columbian

    Bill Gates calls out ‘doomsday’ view of climate change in memo (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft Corp., says it’s time to adopt a more measured tone when addressing climate change and the threat it poses to the world.

  4. Fortune

    Bill Gates says a 'doomsday outlook' on climate is driving people to focus on the wrong things (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    "If given a choice between eradicating malaria and a tenth of a degree increase in warming, I'll let the temperature go up," Gates said.

  5. Digital Journal

    Climate change won't end civilization, says Bill Gates (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Bill Gates has said in a memo in which he argued that tackling global disease and poverty will help prepare the planet's poorest for a warming world.

  6. Blaze Media

    Bill Gates does stunning about-face on climate 'doomsday' claims: 'This view is wrong' (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    Gates finally admits that climate change is not the world-ending phenomenon radicals long claimed it to be.

  7. NBC Los Angeles

    Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Bill Gates argues for a strategic pivot in the global climate fight, from focusing on cutting emissions to preventing suffering.

  8. Newsweek

    Bill Gates Delivers ‘Tough Truths’ on Climate Just Before Big U.N. Talks (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Bill Gates argues against focusing on emissions goals in favor of measures of human development.

  9. Breitbart News

    Bill Gates Backflips and Says 'Climate Change' No Threat to Humanity (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Climate doomer Bill Gates believes "climate change" is a serious problem but it won't be the end of humanity as we know it.

  10. Reason

    Bill Gates admits that climate change 'will not be the end of civilization' (opens Reason)

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    Reason's feed description

    The Microsoft co-founder recently penned a letter arguing that increasing global prosperity is the best way forward on the issue.

  11. New York Post

    Bill Gates makes major climate change reversal after years of doomerism: ‘People will be able to live and thrive’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Gates, who just four years ago authored a book titled "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" and once said climate change "could be worse" than the COVID-19 pandemic.

  12. CNN

    Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    In a stunning and significant pushback to the “doomsday” climate activist community, Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, published a remarkable essay Tuesday that argued resources must be shifted away from the battle against climate change.

  13. The Guardian

    Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from global heating to ‘improving lives’ (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target

  14. Washington Examiner

    Bill Gates changes tune on 'doomsday' approach to climate change (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The change comes over a month after Gates joined other major tech leaders for a dinner at the newly renovated Rose Garden.

  15. Breitbart News

    Bill Gates Backtracks on Climate Alarmism, but Still Embraces Plenty of Extreme Positions (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    In a recent memo, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has pushed back against what he calls a "doomsday outlook" on climate change, signaling a shift in his views on the risks posed by a warming planet. Despite the move, he remains an extremist on a variety of issues, including his belief that we need a…

  16. New York Post

    Bill Gates sees the light on global warming — but will lefty climate warriors follow suit? (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Now he tells us! With Bill Gates and other climate alarmists warning of “disaster, the world spent trillions and steered the economy toward the stone age. Yet now the Microsoft co-founder is backpedaling — arguing that climate change won’t lead to “humanity’s demise” after all.

  17. New York Post

    Why Bill Gates turned on the alarmists, and decided climate change isn’t the apocalypse (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Earlier this week, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates dropped a truth bomb into the discussion of climate and energy policy.

  18. The Daily Caller

    Bill Gates Says Climate Change Won’t Be ‘Humanity’s Demise,’ Industry Insiders Guffaw (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Bill Gates wrote Tuesday that while he views climate change as “serious,” it is not an existential crisis that will “lead to humanity’s demise.”

  19. Townhall

    Bill Gates Does a 180 on Climate Change — Says It’s Not the End of the World (opens Townhall)

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    Townhall's feed description

    Bill Gates changes stance on climate change, saying it's not humanity's end.

  20. UPI

    Bill Gates downplays ‘doomsday view’ of climate change (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    A changing climate won't end the human race and can be managed through sensible policies that emphasize human welfare, tech entrepreneur Bill Gates said.

  21. Fox News

    Bill Gates softens stance on climate change risks, sparking criticism on social media (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Bill Gates recently softened his climate change stance, saying "doomsday view" is wrong and won't lead to humanity's demise, sparking widespread social media reaction.

  22. NewsBusters

    SHOCKER: Climate Nostradamus Bill Gates Calls Eco-Doomism ‘Wrong’ (opens NewsBusters)

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    NewsBusters's feed description

    One of the most notorious billionaire pontificators on the climate change boondoggle just did an about-face and told the eco-extremists screeching Armageddon to take a chill pill.

  23. Townhall

    Why Bill Gates Sounding the Alarm Over Climate Alarmism Should Infuriate You (opens Townhall)

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    Townhall's feed description

    Bill Gates shifts his stance on climate change, surprising many with a new perspective.

  24. RedState

    Stick a Fork in the Church of Climate Change - Even Bill Gates Seems Done (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    A critique on the changing narrative around climate change and its influence.

  25. The Washington Free Beacon

    Bill Gates, Who Spent a Fortune Warning About 'Climate Disaster,' Now Says It 'Will Not Be the End of Civilization' (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Washington Free Beacon's feed description

    Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, who spent tens of millions of dollars funding far-left climate initiatives and authored a book warning of "climate disaster," is now changing his tune on global warming and urging activists to divert their attention to other progressive causes.

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