Michael E. Mann

Bill Gates Shifts Away from Climate Fight, Sparking Outrage Among Scientists Bill Gates says the world should shift focus from climate change to disease and hunger—scientists say that’s a dangerous mistake.

“Bill Gates Shifts Away from Climate Fight, Sparking Outrage Among Scientists" | Article by Nicholas Vincent for #OneGreenPlanet:

www.onegreenplanet.org/news/bill-ga...

Not missing anything Andy. Have written a whole book about this which gets into the nitty gritty details.
Please consider that you’re the one who is missing something — Gates is actually leading us down dead ends
and wrong turns. Do you really want to go with him on that misguided journey?

Not missing anything Andy. Have written a whole book about this which gets into the nitty gritty details.
Please consider that you’re the one who is missing something — Gates is actually leading us down dead ends
and wrong turns. Do you really want to go with him on that misguided journey?

The press doesn’t get away unscathed: “The legacy media is apparently more interested in the climate musings of an erstwhile PC mogul than a sober assessment by the world’s leading climate scientists.”

An excerpt from my new piece for @thebulletin.org on Bill Gates' new climate missive:

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

"For those who have been following Gates on climate for some time, his so-called sudden “pivot” isn’t really a “pivot” at all. It’s a logical consequence of the misguided path he’s been headed down for well over a decade.'

(by @michaelemann.bsky.social)
⬇️

thank you!

thank you!

And then there's this:

➡️"Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There is no “patch” for the climate crisis. [...] The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels."⬅️

👀 Read the article linked in the quoted post below:

Covid’s legacy: Science on the ropes - NBR | Business news & analysis | Independent, ad-free reporting Read premium business news, economic analysis, and market reporting from New Zealand’s most trusted business newsroom. Subscribe to support independent journalism.

"Covid's legacy: Science on the ropes" | Comprehensive and thoughtful review of #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & myself, courtesy of Nevil Gibson for #NationalBusinessReview (NZ):
www.nbr.co.nz/book-review/...

thanks!

"media is apparently more interested in the climate musings of an erstwhile PC mogul than a sober assessment by the world’s leading climate scientists"
Every time. And in every case. Unfortunately.

Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:

thank you!

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

Very good response to Bill Gates by @michaelemann.bsky.social: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-... #climatechange #climatecrisis

thanks!

Come for the alliteration, stay for the insight.

thanks!

unbearably important
thanks @michaelemann.bsky.social

Please take the time read what a climate scientist has to say about a billionaire retailer’s flawed proposal.
When did we start equating broad limitless expertise with wealth??

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

mentioned and linked here: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer

In our new report, based on the data, we suggest that we are hurtling toward climate chaos if trends continue. Thanks are due to my coauthors @michaelemann.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social and others. You decide if you agree by reading the paper for yourself here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

"The solution is going to have to come from everyone else, using every tool at our disposal to push back against an ecocidal agenda driven by plutocrats, polluters, petrostates, propagandists, and too often now, the press"

thanks!

Well-worth the read

“The obstacles aren’t technological. They’re political.”

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

Here’s a powerful message from Michael E. Mann: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it.

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”

thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

thanks Ed

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

While I believe that Bill Gates deserves high praise for his sustained commitment to protecting public health, I agree with @michaelemann.bsky.social that he is failing to understand that we must—and can—rapidly quit fossil fuels while addressing illness and poverty. @docsforclimate.bsky.social

Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph: