Tom Steyer – Using His Money for the Good of the World Around Him

I’m going to enjoy listening to Tom Steyer (pictured here) speak at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) next Tuesday evening.  I’ve written about him several times in the past; I often offer this encapsulated explanation of the man and his mission:  he’s the “anti-matter of the Koch Brothers.”

Steyer is a billionaire who vigorously sponsors sustainability in one form or another, e.g., his action to block the Keystone XL Pipeline.  On the other hand we have the Koch Brothers whose combined net worth is about $80 billion.  They invest heavily in the precise opposite: ensuring that fossil fuels maintain their monopolistic position as our de facto energy policy, regardless of the consequences to the health and well-being of everyone and everything on Earth – living now and in the future.  Here’s an article that shows what they’re doing to minimize the forward progress of solar energy.