Monday, March 9, 2026

Bill Gates Underlines Urgency Of Passing Climate-Clean Energy Bill In NYT Op-Ed: ‘We Can’t Afford To Miss It’

The Senate is on the cusp of passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and Microsoft Corporation *MSFT co-founder Bill Gates sees it as the “most important” piece of climate legislation in American history.Why The Bill Is Important: “It represents our best chance to build an energy future that is cleaner, cheaper, and more secure,” the billionaire wrote in an op-ed for the New York Times.“We can’t afford to miss it.”He credited Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and others, including business leaders and activists he got to know through Breakthrough Energy, for reaching an agreement on the bill. Breakthrough Energy is a venture Gates founded in 2015 to accelerate the clean energy transition.Many technologies needed to reach net-zero emissions either don’t exist, or are in the early stage of development, or are very expensive to scale up, Gates…

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