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Billionaire Tom Steyer made his fortune financing coal plants
As a nat gas/renewables investor, he spent $18M in 2018 trying to kill US’s largest source of clean energy, Palo Verde nuclear, and replace it with gas & solar
He’s now running for president — as a climate activist
As a nat gas/renewables investor, he spent $18M in 2018 trying to kill US’s largest source of clean energy, Palo Verde nuclear, and replace it with gas & solar
He’s now running for president — as a climate activist
Had @TomSteyer succeeded in Arizona, emissions & electricity prices would have spiked and Steyer likely would have made millions selling nat gas & solar panels
forbes.com/sites/jamescon…
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A colleague of Steyer’s told The New York Times in 2014 that Steyer’s firm was “like an anchor in the Indonesian coal industry... By drawing money to an overlooked sector, they helped expand the coal industry there.”
nytimes.com/2014/07/05/us/…
nytimes.com/2014/07/05/us/…
“Farallon is still invested in carbon-generating industries and [Steyer's] aides declined to say whether Mr. Steyer had asked it to sell those holdings, a request that would presumably hold significant sway given his role as a founder.”
nytimes.com/2014/07/05/us/…
nytimes.com/2014/07/05/us/…
“Look at climate change,” says @TomSteyer in his presidential campaign video. “That is people saying we’d rather make money than save the world.”
Indeed — and we can take Tom Steyer’s word for it.
Indeed — and we can take Tom Steyer’s word for it.
As should by now be obvious, most renewable energy advocacy is financed by natural gas companies & investors like @TomSteyer
The goal has long been to kill off our largest source of pollution-free energy, nuclear power
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
The goal has long been to kill off our largest source of pollution-free energy, nuclear power
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
The result of anti-nuclear/renewable energy advocacy is the locking-in of fossil fuels — coal, in the 1970s and natural gas today.
Today, the oil & gas industry is spending hundreds of millions to promote renewables and kill off nuclear:
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Today, the oil & gas industry is spending hundreds of millions to promote renewables and kill off nuclear:
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Is this what the kids mean when they say someone got ratioed? 😏 
Oh wow this just gets better & better
In launching his $100M presidential campaign, billionaire fossil-renewables magnate @TomSteyer denounces corporations as heartless
Meanwhile he’s refusing to recognize the union of his corporation’s exploited workers
Can’t make this up
In launching his $100M presidential campaign, billionaire fossil-renewables magnate @TomSteyer denounces corporations as heartless
Meanwhile he’s refusing to recognize the union of his corporation’s exploited workers
Can’t make this up
Tom Steyer is worth $1.7 billion and now he’s asking middle-class people for money
It’s not going well
It’s not going well
