the financial elite are totally into the gloBULL warming scam. note the promise below for the funds to be increased “a hundred times” in the coming months:
12 Jul: UK Independent: Climate activists including Extinction Rebellion to receive £500,000 from US philanthropists
‘This might be single best chance to stop the greatest emergency we’ve ever faced,’ donor says
by Phoebe Weston
Grassroots climate activists like Extinction Rebellion are set to receive £500,000 from US philanthropists with the promise of millions more in the coming months.
Three wealthy donors – Trevor Neilson, Rory Kennedy and Aileen Getty – have launched the Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) to help support school strikes and activism groups like Extinction Rebellion.
“This might be the single best chance we have to stop the greatest emergency we have ever faced,” Mr Neilson told The Guardian. He said he hoped the fund will be increased “a hundred times” in the coming months as investors pledge to ask wealthy friends to contribute...
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/extinction-rebellion-climate-activists-us-donation-money-a9002466.html
28 May: Capital Confidential: Extinction Rebellion means business in the Square Mile
Extinction Rebellion makes friends with financiers
By Tom Teodorczuk
Back to the barricades! Capital can reveal that Extinction Rebellion, the climate change protest group that brought London’s streets to a standstill last month, is launching a renewed bid to persuade the City to back its environmental aims. “We’ve already had some success engaging with the business community,” an XR source tells Capital. “We’ve seen [governor of the Bank of England] Mark Carney, Legal & General and Axa. But we’re going to step it up by forming a ‘business declares emergency’ movement which will be affiliated to XR. We want large banks, insurance companies, pension funds and hedge funds to openly declare we have a climate emergency and commit to zero emissions by 2025.”...
While many in the Square Mile took exception to the chaos caused by Extinction Rebellion’s protests, which resulted in over 1,000 arrests, the XR source said the movement has a growing number of City pals. “A hedge fund manager has been significantly funding us,” they said...
Who is this hedge fund donor? Extinction Rebellion won’t say. But business leaders who have publicly backed its mission include Amy Clarke, co-founder of Tribe Impact Capital, and Bevis Watts, managing director of Triodos Bank...
https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/extinction-rebellion-means-business-in-the-square-mile-20190528