PTF Condemns Bill Gates' Climate Flip-Flop: "The Arsonist Is Now Running From the Fire"

Washington, D.C. - After years of warning that climate change threatened humanity, Bill Gates now insists it "will not lead to humanity's demise." His latest stance uncovered by the New York Times marks a dramatic reversal from the same billionaire who championed the costly green policies that helped drive up energy prices and burden working families. Gates' sudden change of tone isn't about new science — it's about avoiding accountability for the consequences of the agenda he helped fund.

"Bill Gates is trying to flee the blaze he helped ignite," said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director of Power The Future. "There's no new science, no new revelation — only a billionaire trying to rewrite his role in the destruction he financed. Gates knows his green crusade has crushed working families with unaffordable energy costs, but now that the political winds have shifted, he wants to act like the voice of reason. The American people won't forget who helped light the fire in the first place."

Here are just a few of Gates' previous positions about the urgency of action on the green agenda:


"The challenge of climate change is unlike any other we have ever faced. It is a race against time, and we must act now to avoid a climate disaster."

— How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (2021)

"In other words, by 2060, climate change could be just as deadly as COVID-19, and by 2100 it could be five times as deadly."

— Article: 3 Lessons from COVID-19 to Help Us Tackle Climate Change (2020)

"The climate is like a bathtub that's slowly filling up with water. Even if we slow the flow of water to a trickle, the tub will eventually fill up and water will come spilling out onto the floor. That's the disaster we have to prevent. Setting a goal to only reduce our emissions — but not eliminate them — won't do it."

— How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (2021)

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