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2024-03-31 17:35:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1974DD0FAB392C9CEF3288EA5CB19A25766D1B3443538F34B2887A94F75FA58D
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Misleading. Kodama Systems, a company that received funding from a fund owned by Bill Gates, is not planning to cut down millions of acres of U.S. forests. The company has received a grant from the U.S. Forest Service to handle throwaway biomass from forest thinning https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-bill-gates-climate-change-trees-global-warming-758018152043 https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/gates-backed-venture-will-not-chop-down-70-million-acres-trees-2023-10-06/ https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.342K4DZ
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