Richard Branson: from climate change hero to carbon polluting zero
334 views · Published 20 June 2015 · 6:48 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: I Am Incorrigible · 2015 · News & Politics
From the blog post at: http://wp.me/p3xSxU-1bC In a typically headline grabbing piece of personal PR, Richard Branson used his invitation to talk at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006 to announce what seemed to be a game changing act of selfless philanthropy. The world was stunned when the billionaire pledged all profits from his Virgin air and rail interests over the next 10 years to combating rising global temperatures - a pledge that, he said, would be worth US$3bn. So, with just two years to go, how has Branson's promise panned-out? Naomi Klein exposes Branson's stunt for the PR puff that it was and explains that we cannot rely on billionaire philanthropy to save the planet.
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