In good humor, I think Bill and Malinda Gates would love that depiction of them. As far as the land purchase in Washington State, Microsoft has three corporate locations in Washington. That company has a office or corporate interest building in nearly the entire country (click here).
I have been following his reports in the media these last few months. He is practically declaring himself the voice of reason on climate. These purchases of farm land are less surprising the more I realize he is on a glide path for leadership in Corporate America to end GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions.
Not to leave out Amazon. Jeff Bezos is making a concerted effort to bring the carbon footprint of his operations to zero. (I know there is a dispute with the unionization of Amazon. That doesn't mean the company is not making major strides elsewhere.).
February 27, 2021
By James B. MeigsLate last year, Eric O’Keefe was researching a mysterious recent purchase (click here) of 14,500 acres of prime Washington state farmland. His magazine, The Land Report, tracks major land transactions and produces an annual list of the 100 biggest US landowners.
Sales of more than a thousand acres are “blue-moon events,” O’Keefe noted, so this one stood out. And Eastern Washington has some of the richest, most expensive farmland in the country. But the purchaser of record was a small, obscure company in Louisiana.
“That immediately set off alarm bells,” O’Keefe says.
He assigned his research team to dig a little deeper. Soon they came back with the answer: The Louisiana company was acting on behalf of Cascade Investment LLC, the secretive investment firm that manages most of the huge fortune belonging to Bill Gates....
