Bill Gates Pushes Green Energy on Call With Trump, While Building $1 Billion Fund
Microsoft co-founder, while hopeful, fears for federal support of renewable projects under new US president
Bill Gates
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On one end of the phone, there was Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, who has pledged a good chunk of his fortune to ending climate change. On the other end of the line, there was President-elect Donald Trump, who has described climate change as a hoax and surrounded himself with fellow deniers.
Somehow these two men managed to speak recently with at least a modicum of productivity, according to Gates. The call happened two weeks ago for about eight minutes, letting Gates present a small part of his philanthropic and investment agenda.