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Bill Gates’ Climate Group Lays Off US and Europe Policy Teams
Bill Gates during a Bloomberg Television interview in June 2024.
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Breakthrough Energy, the climate group funded by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, has laid off dozens of employees in the US and Europe as it pulls back from public policy advocacy work that was a cornerstone of its mission.
The group laid off all of its staff in Europe as well as all of its US public policy team and staff members responsible for partnerships, according to a person familiar. The move comes as US President Donald Trump enacts a plan aimed to boost fossil fuels and Republicans weigh whether to roll back parts of former President Joe Biden’s climate law, which Gates helped usher through Congress in 2022.