Michael Bloomberg built his fortune by selling access to data . Bloomberg L.P., his company, is in the business of centralizing troves of financial data and selling access to its analytics and trading platform via subscriptions that exceed $20,000 a year. It’s a monopoly so powerful that it has turned Bloomberg into a centi-billionaire . But apparently, cornering the global financial market wasn’t enough. Now the billionaire mogul is using this power grab to go after the lifeblood of America’s economy and end the expansion of fossil fuels in America — all with the help of foreign actors.

Bloomberg L.P. recently partnered with England’s University of Cambridge to create what it calls the “first global bond index to address fossil fuel expansion.” Translation: choke out an

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