June 16, 2019
Stories tagged "Amazon"
May 30, 2019
Shrinking Protected Areas Causing Biodiversity Concerns to Rise
A new report from Conservation International published today in Science documents that governments have removed more than 500,000 square kilometers from protected areas and downgraded the protection for an additional 1.65 million square kilometers, the majority of...May 23, 2019
Tweet of the Week: Amazon employees demand climate action at shareholder meeting
Today is Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting. Nearly 7,700 Amazon employees signed their name publicly asking Bezos and the board to adopt our climate change resolution. Employees want to LEAD on the climate crisis. A thread on our historic, collective action 👇...April 10, 2019
Amazon not keeping its renewable energy commitments
In 2014, Amazon made a much-applauded announcement that it would power the entire company off of renewable energy. However, recent investigations by Greenpeace and Gizmodo have revealed that Amazon isn’t making good on its commitment. As The Guardian explained,...April 1, 2019
Data Is Not In the Cloud, It’s In the Ocean
With more than half the world now able to access the internet, according to the United Nations, there is a growing need undersea cables that literally keep the world connected, The New York Times explains. Nearly 750,000 miles of cable is strung across the oceans all...March 19, 2019
Brazilian Government Plans Mining on Native Lands
Acting without the consent of the indigenous people of the Amazon, who have a guaranteed right to their land under the Brazilian constitution, the country’s new Minister of Mining and Energy announced a plan to permit mining companies to conduct operations on...March 11, 2019
One Cool Thing: Plug-In Trucks Are On The Way
Trucks are the top-selling vehicles in the U.S. but they have been completely absent from the plug-in electric vehicles market so far, but that is about to change. There are five pickup truck models vying to be the first one to hit the showroom. The most anticipated...March 6, 2019
Etsy becomes first online retailer to offset shipping emissions
E-commerce accounted for nearly 14% of all retail sales in America in 2018 (as well as $520 billion in sales) and the vast majority of Americans have purchased items from the internet. However aside from online retail’s huge packaging problem, most retailers...February 8, 2019
High tech corporations make clean energy play
Last week, two major trends made news in energy. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google and Amazon are hoping to expand the market for home energy efficiency products like smart energy devices and internet-connected devices like Amazon’s Alexa that are...January 6, 2019