Wonderful story from Juliet Eilperin in the Washington Post on a Bay Area billionaire who has put his money — many millions of dollars — where his mouth is on climate change:
Steyer is taking on a []prominent public role. On Sunday, he spoke to a crowd that organizers estimated at 35,000, gathered on the Mall to call for a stronger national climate policy.“I’m
not the first person you’d expect to be here today. I’m not a college
professor and I don’t run an environmental organization,” he said. “For
the last 30 years I’ve been a professional investor and I’ve been
looking at billion-dollar investments for decades and I’m here to tell
you one thing: The Keystone pipeline is not a good investment.”
To string another couple of good quotes together:
“I feel like the guy in the movie who goes into the diner and says,
‘There are zombies in the woods and they’re eating our children,’ ”
Steyer said.
And, in light of the fact that the climate is changing too quickly for policy-makers:
“If we can win every single battle and lose the war, then we’re doing
something wrong,” he said.
Love this guy! Embarrassed I haven't heard of him before.
Kit Stolz 