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Time and time again, Bill Gates has proven himself to be quite the philanthropist. In his latest charitable act, Gates has donated 64 million shares of Microsoft - which is worth a total of $4.6 billion. The donation will...

 It’s World Water Day. Time to wake up and take shorter showers. That is, if we’re fortunate enough to have them. Water scarcity and pollution are persistent global problems. According to End Water Poverty,...

World’s largest health charity sells its $187m stake in the oil giant in a move welcomed by fossil fuel divestment campaigners

At the start of every year since 2009, Bill Gates has released an open letter along with his wife Melinda, naming their foundation's biggest goals -- and explaining how they hope to achieve them within the next 15 years...

Analysis of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation health charity, and 13 other major funds, reveals moving investments out of coal, oil and gas and into green companies would have generated billions in higher returns

A letter delivered to the foundation on behalf of all the organizations outlines their case: “We believe that a charitable foundation with the global reach of the Gates Foundation has a moral obligation to divest completely...

Bill Gates plans to double investment in green energy technology and research to combat climate change, but rejects calls to divest from fossil fuelsBill Gates has announced he will invest $2bn (£1.3bn) in renewable...

Bill Gates plans to double investment in green energy technology and research to combat climate change, but rejects calls to divest from fossil fuels

Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust risk losing moral authority, say researchers including ‘hockey stick’ graph originator Michael Mann

Gates and Wellcome do splendid work for the health of the world. They can no longer allow their unhealthy fossil fuel investments to undo it“Giving with the one hand and taking with the other.” The words of Professor...

Bill Gates wants to know why children are dying, and he's paying $75 million to find out. Gates told The Atlantic about the most recent endeavor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: a network of disease surveillance...

Global movement picks up pace as more institutions divest, helping Guardian’s drive to push Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust away from fossil fuels

Touted by its creators as an "appealing, affordable and safe solution for washers as well as wipers," the Blue Diversion Toilet is designed to provide off grid sanitation for low income areas...

Analysis of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s most recent tax filing reveals huge investments in the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies

Researchers at the University of Colorado designed a new toilet called the Sol-Char that zaps poop into biochar using nothing but the sun. Led by Karl Linden, the team installed fiber-optic cables that scorch waste deposited...