Michael Bloomberg to 急落(する),激減(する) $500M into clean energy 成果/努力

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former New York City 市長 Michael Bloomberg is 急落(する),激減(する)ing $500 million into an 成果/努力 to の近くに all of the nation's remaining coal 工場/植物s by 2030 and put the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs on 跡をつける toward a 100% clean energy economy.

The 億万長者 Bloomberg's 投資 in the Beyond 炭素 率先 示すs the largest ever philanthropic 成果/努力 to 戦闘 気候 change, によれば the 市長's 創立/基礎. The organization will bypass the 連邦の 政府 and instead 捜し出す to pass 気候 and clean energy 政策s, 同様に as 支援する political 候補者s, at the 明言する/公表する and 地元の level.

"We're in a race against time with 気候 change, and yet there is 事実上 no hope of bold 連邦の 活動/戦闘 on this 問題/発行する for at least another two years. Mother Nature is not waiting on our political calendar, and neither can we," Bloomberg said.

Bloomberg considered but 最終的に passed on 捜し出すing the 2020 Democratic 大統領の 指名/任命. Instead, he 公約するd to point his 広大な wealth and political 関係s toward fighting 気候 change and 敗北・負かすing 大統領 Donald Trump.

Bloomberg will 正式に 明かす the Beyond 炭素 成果/努力 Friday during a 開始/学位授与式 演説(する)/住所 at the Massachusetts 学校/設ける of 科学(工学)技術.

The 率先 mirrors Bloomberg's work on 銃砲規制, which has 焦点(を合わせる)d on 支えるing 明言する/公表する and 地元の 成果/努力s. The former 市長's 財政上の 出資/貢献s to Democratic 候補者s who 支援するd 厳格な人 gun 法律s was also considered integral to the party's ability to 奪い返す the House in 2018.

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a news conference at a gun control advoca
cy event in Las Vegas. Bloomberg is plunging $500 million into an effort to move the United States to a 100% clean energy economy and close all of the nation's remaining coal plants by 2030. According to the mayor's team, The billionaire Bloomberg's investment in the Beyond Carbon initiative marks the largest ever philanthropic effort to combat climate change. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2019, とじ込み/提出する photo, former New York City 市長 Michael Bloomberg speaks at a news 会議/協議会 at a 銃砲規制 advocacy event in Las Vegas. Bloomberg is 急落(する),激減(する)ing $500 million into an 成果/努力 to move the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs to a 100% clean energy economy and の近くに all of the nation's remaining coal 工場/植物s by 2030. によれば the 市長's team, The 億万長者 Bloomberg's 投資 in the Beyond 炭素 率先 示すs the largest ever philanthropic 成果/努力 to 戦闘 気候 change. (AP Photo/John Locher, とじ込み/提出する)

Bloomberg's 創立/基礎 has spent several years working with the Sierra Club to 捜し出す the 終結 of the nation's coal 工場/植物s. Since 2011, about half of the 530 工場/植物s across the U.S. have been の近くにd.

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