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Author claims Richard Branson failed deliver on $3bn climate pledge
2014-09-14 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue aund Green: Richard Branson has failed to deliver on a pledge to spend $3 billion (1.8bn) on climate action over a ten-year period from 2006, according to author and activist Naomi Klein in her new book. Klein argues that this demonstrates that relying on the world of big business to address climate change is hypocrisy. After meeting with former US vice president Al Gore, Branson pledged to spend a significant amount of money, coming from profits from his company Virgin, to develop low carbon fuel. However,...
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