Mongabay: Bill Gates contributed $700,000 to the “No on 23” campaign, giving a critical boost to the effort to fight a ballot proposition that would suspend California’s rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions until state unemployment levels fall. Data from MAPLight.org, a site that is tracking election money flows, shows that nearly $30 million has been contributed to the opposition of Prop. 23, while just over $9 million has been spent in favor of suspending some pollution and air quality …