This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. What if your future Galaxy phone was made of reclaimed ocean plastic? That’s one possible future Samsung has in mind. The consumer electronics titan became the most recent Big …
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If you’ve ever wondered what impact your use of Facebook services has on the environment, now you can know for sure. Every one of Facebook’s 2.85 million users produces 12 grams of carbon dioxide by using the company’s services every year. That’s 25 times better than in 2016, when each user produced a little less than 300 grams of CO2 …
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Not many games let you virtually save animals and the environment while actually making an impact in real life, too, but Alba: A Wildlife Adventure from Ustwo Games makes this goal a reality. Released Friday on Apple Arcade and Steam, Alba centers on a child who travels to a Mediterranean island to spend the summer with her grandparents and her …
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Get Tim Cook talking about privacy, renewable energy or even the coronavirus pandemic, and he’s happy to give you his perspective. Talk about President Donald Trump, and he almost immediately wants to change the topic. The dynamic played out several times with Cook, who participates in only a handful of interviews per year, while talking with the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey …
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Facebook bolstered its commitment to the environment on Tuesday by announcing the launch of its Climate Science Information Center in the US, the UK, France and Germany and publicly backing the European Green Deal. The company also said it’s on course to meet its promise to support its global operations with 100% renewable energy and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions …
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Amazon is kicking in $2 billion to support its broadening efforts to fight climate change. The online retailer on Tuesday said it’s started the new Climate Pledge Fund, a venture capital fund that’ll invest in companies that develop ways to reduce carbon emissions. “Companies from around the world of all sizes and stages will be considered, from pre-product startups to …
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More than 350 Amazon employees defied the company’s corporate communications policy on Sunday, with a Medium post criticizing its contribution to climate change. The move comes weeks after workers alleged that Amazon threatened to fire them for speaking out. The post from Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, an internal activist group that started in late 2018, includes comments from 357 …
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Several Amazon employees say they’ve been threatened with termination for talking publicly about their climate change campaign. Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, an activist group within Amazon that started in late 2018, said in a statement Thursday that four of its members were targeted by the human resources and legal departments at Amazon for speaking out publicly, including to the …
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Apple boss Tim Cook highlighted his company’s efforts on climate change in a Monday night speech at the 30th anniversary celebration for Ceres, a nonprofit that promotes sustainable energy, in New York. He reminded us that devices like the iPhone 11 are made up the “highest-quality 100% recycled aluminum alloy ever” and noted the efforts of Lisa Jackson, who led …
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday announced The Climate Pledge, a plan to make the sprawling e-commerce and tech company carbon neutral by 2040 and reach a goal of the Paris climate agreement 10 years early. Amazon is asking other companies to sign the pledge too. Now playing: Watch this: Jeff Bezos announces climate pledge 1:05 To reach the carbon-neutral goal, …
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