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Why is everyone concerned about the Earth being 1.5°C warmer for 12 months in a row?
Last month, for the first time in recorded history, Earth endured the 12th consecutive month with t…
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Amazon gives up a key part of its climate pledge and deletes the blog post that announced the Shipment Zero initiative. We dug up the details anyway.
With Shipment Zero, Amazon committed to making its shipments net-zero carbon, with 50% of all shipm…
Alistair Barr
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Jeff Bezos wanted to do a big reveal when Amazon announced its Climate Pledge, and Amazon considered having him unveil it from a polar ice cap
Amazon employees spent a few days trying to figure out how to send Bezos to the Arctic, according t…
Avery Hartmans
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Unilever is opening up its climate action plan to shareholders as Amazon's Climate Pledge battles criticism
Big corporations all over the world have been pledging to reduce their role in the impact of climat…
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Amazon will rename a Seattle sports stadium 'Climate Pledge Arena' after buying the naming rights
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the arena will be the first "net zero carbon certified arena in the worl…
Avery Hartmans
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MacKenzie Scott has given away over $8 billion since divorcing Jeff Bezos, but her wealth keeps rising thanks to Amazon's soaring stock price
MacKenzie Scott, a philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, recently gave away $2.7…
Avery Hartmans
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2 agreements from the COP26 conference pledge major cuts to deforestation and methane emissions, as leaders scramble to address the climate crisis
World leaders are meeting at the COP26 climate summit, where many nations agreed to limit cutting d…
Sinéad Baker
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Google employee activists say the company's 2030 zero-emissions pledge is good, but doesn't go far enough
Google announced a new climate change pledge, saying it will switch fully to renewable energy by 20…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon orders 1,800 Mercedes-Benz electric vans for European deliveries as part of its climate change pledge
1,800 Mercedes-Benz electric vans will be delivering orders across the UK and Germany by the end of…
Grace Dean
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More than 600 Amazon workers sign petition demanding the company reduce its warehouse pollution in communities of color
The workers say emissions from Amazon's massive warehouses are "disproportionately concentrated in …
Aleeya Mayo
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Walmart, Target, and Amazon are among the biggest corporate polluters thanks to overseas shipping
These 15 retail giants generate more climate pollution than 1.5 million American homes do in a year.
Hannah Towey
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Jeff Bezos pledges to give away the majority of his $124 billion fortune to charity
The Amazon founder told CNN that he planned to give away most of his $124 billion fortune. It marks…
Beatrice Nolan
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Shoppers slam Amazon for 'unnecessary' packaging as Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change
@amazon you guys must really hate the environment. This is ridiculous. A huge box for a tiny bottle…
Mary Hanbury
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Indian trade unions to join global protests against Amazon India
Supply chain workers of Amazon in India are protesting against the e-commerce giant as part of a g…
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Jeff Bezos just announced an ambitious climate pledge that aims to make Amazon carbon neutral by 2040
As part of the pledge, Bezos said Amazon will meet the sustainability goals of the United Nations P…
Rebecca Aydin
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While Jeff Bezos spends billions on his 'Earth Fund,' Amazon is reportedly monitoring climate change groups including Greta Thunberg's as potential threats
Leaked documents obtained by Vice show how Amazon keeps a close eye on perceived threats to its bus…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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One chart shows how MacKenzie Scott's fortune has soared - even as she's become one of the world's leading philanthropists
Over the course of the last year, Scott has given away a total of $8.5 billion to a wide range of o…
Avery Hartmans
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Jeff Bezos giving $10 billion to fight climate change in February was the single largest donation of 2020
From the $10 billion fund donated by Jeff Bezos for climate change, about $790 million has been giv…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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Climate activists accuse Jeff Bezos of hypocrisy over his $10 billion environment pledge because Amazon works with oil and gas firms
Greenpeace campaigner Elizabeth Jardim told Business Insider in a statement that, although she welc…
Charlie Wood
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Moderna CEO says he'll give away most of his estimated $4.1 billion fortune
Stephane Bancel, Moderna's CEO, said at the World Economic Forum he is planning to donate the bulk …