Posted on 12/02/2020 6:32:10 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday that five companies, including Uber Technologies Inc and JetBlue Airways Corp, have joined its fund that invests in companies developing environmentally friendly technologies.
Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos last year pledged to make the largest U.S. e-commerce company net carbon neutral by 2040, as employees and consumers around the world protested for broader moves to address climate change.
Environmental activists welcomed that move but said that cutting all emissions related to Amazon, which delivers 10 billion items a year and has a massive transportation and data center footprint, was a huge challenge.
So far 18 companies, including Best Buy Co Inc and Verizon Communications Inc, have signed up for the Climate Pledge, which was established in 2019.
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IF they really cared, they’d promise to only use solar/wind powered modes of transit. Otherwise-——LIARS!
What ever it costs these morons they will easily pass it on to you.
In some manner I suppose, since I don’t use either directly. Of course our subsidizing tax dollars may be involved. Sort of like the half a billion lost on this:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a30472835/crescent-dunes-solar-plant/
Sometimes when a plan comes together it’s a good thing. Here, meh.
“Climate pledge”?!
I DRIVE people’s impossible burgers 6 miles for a dollar tip. Doesn’t even cover cost of maintaining my catalytic converter.
As usual, nothing more than illusion.
If they really cared about carbon offsets they’d just shut down or prevent the opening of another coal power plant in China or India.
Catalytic converter meet hack saw. Or, hello ‘69 Road Runner.
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