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Private jet savior: why Michael Bloomberg is not the answer to the climate crisis

Ignore the mainstream media hype. As Michael Bloomberg officially enters the 2020 race, he’s not the climate champion he claims to be.

Private jet savior: why Michael Bloomberg is not the answer to the climate crisis
Michael Bloomberg addressing a Climate Week NYC event in June 2009 | The Climate Group, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Several months ago, I asked Naomi Klein what the establishment response would be to a surging candidate who endorses a bold Green New Deal and vows to aggressively take on corporate power. She responded with: “they’re going to do something... perhaps even run a Mike Bloomberg.”

Well the time has finally arrived. Michael Bloomberg officially entered the 2020 Democratic primary race on Sunday.

Bloomberg, a former Republican and mayor of New York City, considered a run earlier in the campaign cycle. Yet with Joe Biden on solid ground, he decided not to enter the race.