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2024-12-24 00:47:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1299732836B66B15983E965B70C1A0040FA1CF33416EB1C9A1F62CBA431E9116
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Kodama Systems, a company backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is not planning to cut down 70 million acres of trees. Instead, the company is focused on managing forest biomass resulting from forest thinning operations. https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/gates-backed-venture-will-not-chop-down-70-million-acres-trees-2023-10-06/ https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-bill-gates-climate-change-trees-global-warming-758018152043 https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.342K4DZ https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/15/1065016/a-stealth-effort-to-bury-wood-for-carbon-removal-has-just-raised-millions/ https://www.berkshireeagle.com/ap/factcheck/bill-gates-funded-climate-change-venture-doesn-t-call-for-razing-70-million-acres-of/article_d5d31db6-53ee-11ee-b75a-c7b6721d9ebc.html MEDIA BIAS: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/slay-news-bias-and-credibility/ https://slaynews.com/news/bill-gates-chop-down-70-million-acres-trees-fight-global-warming/
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