Bill Gates Has Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills, Reports ProPublica
Slashdot reports on a ProPublica investigation finding that Bill Gates, described as an environmental activist, has quietly accumulated a $29 billion stake in Republic Services, America's No. 2 landfill operator. According to ProPublica, Environmental Protection Agency inspectors have repeatedly found methane, a potent greenhouse gas, escaping from Republic landfills at levels above federal limits. ProPublica also reports that Republic has lobbied against regulations that could make the waste industry cleaner.
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Bill Gates Has Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills, Reports ProPublica
Environmental activist Bill Gates has "quietly accumulated a $29 billion stake in America's No. 2 landfill operator, Republic Services," reports ProPublica, in a new 5,000-word investigation. But inspectors from America's Environmental Protection Agency "have repeatedly found methane — a highly potent greenhouse gas — escaping from Republic landfills at levels above federal limits. Republic has lobbied against regulations that could make the waste industry cleaner, including by keeping organic g
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