The following is a statement from Mike Bloomberg on yesterday’s decision by the Trump administration to tax solar industries up to 30 percent: Taxing solar panels up to 30% will destroy U.S. jobs, raise Americans’ electric bills and hurt our environment. Congress should stand up for American workers and consumers and overturn the administration’s harmful […]

The politics of soda has changed pretty radically. Just a decade ago, virtually no countries or cities had a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. Then Mexico enacted a substantial tax in 2014, and it started a trend. Soda taxes now exist in India, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. A tax will go into effect […]

The opioid epidemic is now a full-blown national crisis, yet the federal government continues to dawdle. President Donald Trump declared opioid addiction a public health emergency, and he talks a tough game. But he has not taken forceful action. If he will not lead, Congress must — and now, before the crisis grows even worse. […]

FERC’s rejection of Secretary Perry’s proposal is a victory for consumers, the free market and clean air. Trying to prop up the coal industry by forcing American consumers to pay more for energy, and forcing them to accept more pollution in their communities, was a truly terrible idea that united conservative and liberal leaders in […]

Last month a Wall Street Journal editor asked a room full of CEOs to raise their hands if the corporate tax cut being considered in Congress would lead them to invest more. Very few hands went up. Attending was Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s economic adviser and a friend of mine. He asked: “Why aren’t […]

On December 12th, 2017, two years to the day after the historic adoption of the Paris Agreement, global leaders convened at the One Planet Summit in Paris to strengthen the world’s collective commitment to climate action. French President Emmanuel Macron, joined by the President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim and Secretary-General of […]

Earlier today we lost one of America’s most passionate champions for climate action, and a great urban leader, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. I had the chance to work with Mayor Lee while I was in office and later through our foundation. He helped make San Francisco a global leader on climate change, and he […]

The following is the text of Mike Bloomberg’s speech as prepared on Monday, December 11th, 2017 in Paris, France. “Good evening, everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome you tonight to this dinner — and I want to thank the host of tomorrow’s One Planet Summit, President Macron, for bringing us all together. I want to […]

  Today, at the first-ever North American Climate Summit, over 50 local leaders from across the world continued discussions about bottom-up climate action and reaffirmed their commitment to the global fight against climate change. Former President Barack Obama gave the keynote address and endorsed America’s Pledge, an initiative that compiles and quantifies the actions of […]

Today, South Africa’s parliament officially adopted a sugary beverage tax, the first significant sugary beverage tax in Sub-Saharan Africa. In response, WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases Michael Bloomberg said: “South Africa is the latest in a growing list of countries to recognize that sugary beverages are harmful to health and that taxes work to […]