Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-03-31 16:28:45 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 70CAEB732149A54E45A170724B02504AAFA66306AD57D1A55EC11A105AF7878A
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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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