New York City's former mayor and billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg doubled down on his plans to shut down fossil-fuel burning power plants, putting up another $500 million for the effort.

His "Beyond Carbon" campaign aims to "finish the job on coal" and "shut down every last U.S. coal plant," Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Wednesday. It also aims to shutter natural gas-powered plants and block all new gas plants. And it hopes to help the nation achieve the goal of 80% electricity generation from renewable sources.

Michael Bloomberg's big donor dollars have gone heavily to Democrats nationally, but now he is bankrolling a group airing ads to support New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul's $227 billion budget plan.

The $5 million campaign-style ads have been airing during "Jeopardy!" and March Madness basketball games under fine print of being paid for by American Opportunity, The New York Times reported.

The Times followed a money trail back to Bloomberg, and sources confirmed the connection.

This year’s United Nations climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt — COP27, the latest in a series dating back to 1995 — achieved two important victories.

Former New York mayor and failed presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has poured over a billion dollars into anti-tobacco groups that have pushed the Biden administration to ban menthol cigarettes, a move that critics fear will disproportionately affect black communities in the United States.

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has reportedly raised more than $16 million in an effort to help convicted felons in Florida register to vote.

The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition estimated Bloomberg's fundraising push has already paid off monetary obligations for 32,000 felons, Axios reported.

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who pledged to spend big in order to help Democrats beat Donald Trump this November, is committing $100 million to support Joe Biden in the critical battleground state of Florida, where the former vice president is struggling to gain traction with the state’s Latino voters.

The numbers are in, and Michael Bloomberg put a total of $1.05 billion into his presidential campaign, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday.

EXCLUSIVE: A Federal Elections Commission complaint has been filed against former New York City mayor and 2020 presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg for an $18 million transfer from his defunct campaign to the Democratic National Committee.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have suspended his own presidential campaign last week and endorsed former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, but the media mogul is continuing to put millions into efforts for courting black voters in crucial swing states across the country.

The billionaire donated $2 million to Collective Future, a black-led political action committee, in an effort to register 500,000 African American voters across the South and in the Midwest.

On March 3, 2020, a Twitter user posted a message that claimed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg could have given each American $1 million for the amount he spent on advertisements during his failed 2020 U.S. presidential candidacy:

The tweet reached a much larger audience a few days later when it was uncritically presented by MSNBC anchor Brian Williams and Mara Gay, a member of the The New York Times editorial board: