Ted Turner puts money where his heart is

Ted Turner says things are getting better in the world, but they aren’t good enough yet. So he’s aiming to fix a few.

Compared to a decade ago, fewer people live in utter poverty.

He wants to cut that number ever more. Free trade among nations will help do that, he says, so he’s trying to get his fellow Democrats to understand that.

And while he sees global warming as a growing risk, more people are aware of it, partly because of the environmental groups he funds.

By SCOTT McMILLION Chronicle Staff Writer

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The quotable Ted Turner

As told to Scott McMillion, Chronicle Staff Writer

On The Yellowstone Club and its vaunted security system.

“The terrorists aren’t going to come out to the ski area. They can’t ski. They’d be lost up there in the snow.”

On lift lines

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