Bezos Earth Fund is garbage, here's why (and other corporate malarkey)
Channel: Ray Ramses
Date: 2020-02-29

You know how corporations and billionaires are all like "let us fix climate change! Trust us!"? Yeah, it's all bullshit. All of them. They're not serious about truly addressing climate change. So let's find out why!

Also, check out @Kathrin_yt 's recent video on the same topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxKnqctEEgo

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[f] fake article
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