WASHINGTON (AP) — As he moves toward a presidential announcement, New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg is rolling out plans to spend an estimated $15 million to $20 million on a voter registration drive designed to weaken President Donald Trump’s reelection chances in five battleground states.

The following remarks were delivered on November 17, 2019 at Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, NY

JUUL put itself on the ballot with Proposition C and voters overwhelmingly rejected it. Proposition C was designed to circumvent a San Francisco law enacted with the support of local residents and their elected officials, but the city stood so strongly in favor of kids’ health that JUUL was forced to drop out of its […]

Today, Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to begin formal withdrawal proceedings from the Paris Climate Agreement: “Abandoning the Paris Agreement is an abdication of leadership that the vast majority of Americans oppose. Americans want action on climate change, […]

It is now clear which automakers have learned the lessons of the past — American consumers reward automakers that offer better fuel efficiency — and which have not. Both GM and Chrysler required a government bailout and takeover during the Great Recession, in no small part because they failed to compete on fuel efficiency. And […]

Don’t be fooled, Juul’s announcement is both too little and too late. Juul’s decision to keep mint- and menthol-flavored e-cigarettes on the shelves is a page right out of the tobacco industry’s playbook. Juul knows that nearly two-thirds of high school students who use e-cigarettes now use mint or menthol flavors, which is driving Juul’s […]

This op-ed originally appeared in The Washington Post on October 15, 2019 Over the course of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, candidates have been asked time and again to explain — often, in about 30 seconds — what they would do on a broad range of critically important issues, from climate change and gun violence […]

Mike Bloomberg, as U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Change, announced his support for U.N. Secretary General António Guterres’ initiative to stop the development of new coal-fired power plants after 2020. The following are his remarks as delivered at the Climate Action Summit for the 74th U.N. General Assembly in New York, New York on September […]

The Trump administration is wrong on the waiver, wrong on the science, wrong on the market, and wrong on the politics. Whether or not they lose in the courtroom – and we will help fight them – they will lose in the court of public opinion and the marketplace. The American people are demanding cleaner […]

The FDA’s announcement that it will clear flavored e-cigarettes from the market’ is the right one, but words are not enough. This decision is long overdue – the timeline for action is yesterday, not tomorrow. The agency must now move quickly to adopt a flavor ban that is comprehensive and that takes effect immediately. And […]