Articles about Climate change – Page 9 of 12

Is one-day shipping really more eco-friendly? Fact-checking Jeff Bezos as Amazon speeds up delivery

Despite high costs and logistical challenges, Amazon is speeding ahead with one-day shipping, a benefit increasingly available to millions of… Read More

Amazon lays out positions on privacy, immigration, climate, and other issues on new policy page

Amazon laid out its positions on a wide range of issues in a new web page that surfaced Thursday, bringing… Read More

The future of food is mobile, plant-based, and sustainable, experts say

Technology is transforming every sector of the economy, including the supply chain that gets food to our kitchen table. It’s… Read More

Washington state and B.C. launch Joint Clean Grid Initiative to align renewable energy transition

Washington state and British Columbia are partnering to share resources and work together as each government pursues ambitious clean energy… Read More

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Tech workers unite for the climate, pushing Amazon and other big companies to take action

The climate crisis surged to the top of the tech industry’s agenda this week, encouraged by a groundswell of activity… Read More

Thousands of tech workers fighting for climate action descend on Amazon HQ

Thousands of tech workers crowded around Amazon’s iconic Spheres on Friday to answer a call from youth activists to stand… Read More

Widespread climate walkouts expected at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech companies

Climate change will take center stage in the technology industry today as thousands of employees at some of the world’s… Read More

Microsoft employees sound alarm over new partnership with oil industry giants

Employees from a climate change advocacy group at Microsoft are sounding the alarm over the company’s new partnership with Chevron… Read More

More than 900 Amazon employees plan climate change walkout in solidarity with youth activists

Hundreds of Amazon employees are planning a walkout on Sept. 20 as part of the Global Climate Strike. The youth-driven… Read More

How Jay Inslee moved the ball on the climate issue in presidential bid, and why he fell short of the goal

Jay Inslee may be out of the presidential race, but he’s not out of the minds of climate policy campaigners.… Read More

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee exits presidential race, vows to continue climate change fight

Update, Aug. 22: Less than 24 hours after announcing his exit from the presidential race, Inslee said he will pursue a… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Windows 95 Weekend, exploring supernovas, and more

— Do you remember where you were and what you were doing in 1995? Television was dominated by ER, Seinfeld,… Read More

Bill Nye swears, and Microsoft Windows is cursed, in new promotion videos for Google’s Chromebook

Bill Nye is cursing (again) in the name of climate change. But this time he’s swearing by the need to… Read More

University of Washington researchers use robots to unlock mysteries of massive holes in Antarctic ice

For years, giant holes in Antarctic sea ice have confounded scientists. But this week researchers from the University of Washington… Read More

Seattle rolls out electric garbage trucks in pioneering transition away from fossil fuels

Seattle is transitioning its fleet of waste management vehicles away from fossil fuels, starting with the nation’s first full-sized, 100… Read More

More than 7,600 Amazon employees demand action on climate change in advance of annual meeting

A record number of Amazon employees are pressuring the company to get serious about climate change. More than 7,600 software… Read More

Washington passes ‘strongest clean energy policy’ in nation with carbon neutrality mandate by 2030

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants his state to become the green standard in the fight against climate change, and he… Read More

Earthrise Alliance aims to turn data from space into a resource for climate action

Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver helped lead the charge for commercial space ventures, and now she’s leading a brand-new… Read More

Microsoft’s ambitious new environmental goals include shifting data centers to 70% renewable energy by 2023

Microsoft is amping up efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and be a global leader in the fight against climate… Read More

Amazon shareholders seek moratorium on facial recognition sales to government, climate change action and other political goals

Employee and shareholder activism is catching like wildfire in the tech industry, where fierce competition for talent makes workers especially… Read More

Amazon takes heat over climate change as employee activist group swells to more than 3,500

For months, Amazon employees have been agitating for a comprehensive environmental plan at the company and on Wednesday they reached… Read More

Beyond cow farts: Bill Gates picks 5 innovations to reduce carbon emissions from agriculture

Bill Gates is “done with cow farts.” So the Microsoft co-founder proclaimed in the opening line of a new blog… Read More

Inslee talks Big Tech, Boeing and Trump on ‘The Daily Show,’ calls for ‘someone who believes in science and gravity in the White House’

Not long ago, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s bid for the presidency would’ve seemed like even more of a longshot than… Read More

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