{"id":44740,"date":"2014-10-27T07:50:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T11:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=44740"},"modified":"2014-11-24T15:18:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:18:57","slug":"retired-hedge-fund-manager-tom-steyer-donates-15-million-for-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/10\/2014\/retired-hedge-fund-manager-tom-steyer-donates-15-million-for-midterms.html","title":{"rendered":"Retired Hedge Fund Manager Tom Steyer Donates $71 Million For Green Focus At Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pol_steyer18__01__630x420<\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Just in time for the mid-term elections, billionaire philanthropist and retired hedge fund founder Tom Steyer has donated an extra $15 million of his own money in to his super-pac,\u00a0NextGen Climate Action Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Steyer, an activist and former hedge fund manager has already\u00a0given nearly $56 million to make climate change a top-tier issue in the midterm elections,\u00a0<\/span>the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n

In a speech at the Democratic National Convention last year, Steyer said; “During the last several years we’ve seen tremendous progress on new technologies that can make us energy independent and create thousands of jobs. This is about investing for the long haul, not for a quick and dirty buck. This is about control of our destiny by doing what Americans do best \u2013 by out-innovating, out-hustling and out-thinking our competitors.”<\/p>\n

A new Showtime series\u00a0“Years of Living Dangerously” was directed by\u00a0James Cameron. Each episode features celebrity correspondents such as Matt Damon, Harrison Ford, Jessica Alba and Leslie Stahl.<\/p>\n