Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists
- On September 24, 2025, Bill Gates announced in New York City he rejects extreme "doomsday" climate predictions and endorses technological progress as the solution.
- Previously a leading climate funder, Bill Gates reversed course after decades of warnings and has sensibly disassociated from the radical and economically destructive green movement.
- Citing mortality trends and energy needs, Bill Gates said reliable, affordable energy is essential and noted far fewer deaths from severe weather today than 50 or 100 or 1,000 years ago.
- Responses ranged from suspicion to praise, as some conservatives suspect Bill Gates' shift links to Microsoft’s energy-intensive data centers, while the left called him a 'traitor' and commentators praised his admission.
- Looking to policy, Bill Gates proposed centering human welfare in climate policy and prioritizing electrification and safe drinking water, economic growth, and agriculture and health improvements for global poor populations.
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Bill Gates gets mugged by reality
You’ve probably heard by now the blockbuster news that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the richest people to ever walk the planet, has had a change of heart on climate change. For several decades, Gates poured billions of dollars into the climate-industrial complex and was howling that the end is nigh unless we stop using fossil fuels, cars, air conditioning and general anesthesia. Now he says he rejects the “doomsday” predictions of the mo…
Bill Gates Gets Mugged by Reality
Bill Gates changes stance on climate change, advocating for human welfare over extreme predictions.
Moore: Bill Gates got mugged by reality
Gates still endorses the need for communal action, but he has disassociated himself from the increasingly radical and economically destructive dictates from the green movement. For that, the Left has tossed him out of their tent as a "traitor."
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