Bezos Gives $10 Billion to Environmental Projects From His Newly Created Earth Fund
I'd like to think this announcement was deliberately timed to coincide with Biden's election. 
From Slashdot on FB:
Collectively, they'll get $791 million from the richest man on Earth, although Bezos did not specify how much would go to each group. "I've spent the past several months learning from a group of incredibly smart people who've made it their life's work to fight climate change and its impact on communities around the world," Bezos said. "I'm inspired by what they're doing, and excited to help them scale."
The Amazon CEO announced the creation of his personal $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund in February. His fund is equivalent to more than 7 percent of his net worth. It's also 10 times as much as philanthropic foundations gave globally in 2018 to efforts to slow climate change. For his first round of funding, Bezos chose to back a handful of legacy organizations with an established history of advocacy on behalf of the planet. His choice in recipients so far signals support for mainstream environmental groups rallying for new policies and research on climate change.
The full list of grantees are a mix of big name NGOs, labs, reforestation and climate justice groups. They include: The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund, ClimateWorks Foundation, Dream Corps Green For All, Eden Reforestation Projects, Energy Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, NDN Collective, Rocky Mountain Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, The Solutions Project, Union of Concerned Scientists, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/11/17/1828253/jeff-bezos-announces-first-beneficiaries-of-his-10-billion-climate-fund
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That sounds freaking awesome!
Hopefully it really is ... what it's purported to be.
Bout time the Billionaires started seriously contributing to fighting this crisis tho!
Don't be. You're not in small company around here. 
I like to think we're attending to a bunch of good things that lead to a bigger vision.
Mine is climate crises and environmentalism.
This guy's philanthropy will work together with Green New Deal projects, and who knows how the work will coalesce into reviving a world that beats off Big Fossil's damage.
This kind of stuff fires up my spirits and hopes. I can tell yours, too. 
Without hesitation I would answer 'it's regarding the environment, in particular protecting the animals we share the planet with'.
I mean I'm pretty liberal in pretty much every sense (though I'm definitely not Mr. PC) but that is the most important 'cause' to me.
Speaking of that ... where the hell has Coventina been? Don't think I've seen her since 11/3 ... and I been here constantly.
Which means Big Donors of Democrats had better succeed in GA.
Andrew Yang's down there, too, along with party money and 600,000 new registrants for Jan 5.
Keep your hopes up, TBA. 