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Rising temperatures on Earth

Outspoken climate researcher dishes out some advice for Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos

If billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos really want to maximize their efforts to solve the global climate crisis,… Read More

Microsoft, Brooks, Unilever and others join Amazon’s Climate Pledge, topping 30 signatories

Amazon’s Climate Pledge is taking on a higher profile, with its name on a Seattle sports arena, and more than… Read More

Amazon’s first-ever fall Prime Day brings new challenges in the midst of a tumultuous year

Amazon and its army of logistics workers are bracing for the first-ever fall Prime Day starting Tuesday, as the extraordinary… Read More

Mark Cuban, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashton Kutcher, others invest in tree-free toilet paper startup

Cloud Paper, the Seattle-based makers of tree-free toilet paper, has attracted a host of high-profile investors and raised $3 million… Read More

Amazon defends partnerships with oil industry as Washington governor seeks to rein it in

Amazon’s sustainability chief defended the company’s partnerships with fossil fuel companies Thursday during an Axios virtual event with Washington Gov.… Read More

Wildfires: Why they’re getting so bad, and tips for staying safe from the smoke

Stay inside, Seattleites. That’s been the advice from weather experts this week as historic wildfires spread up and down the… Read More

Jeff Bezos forms LLC that may signal progress on mysterious $10 billion climate change initiative

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has remained tight-lipped about his $10 billion climate change initiative since announcing it six months ago.… Read More

Microsoft makes hydrogen fuel cell breakthrough in quest to power data centers with renewable energy

For the first time, Microsoft has successfully powered a row of data center servers using hydrogen fuel cells for 48… Read More

Microsoft unveils new sustainability steps in effort to remove all carbon produced in company history

Microsoft unveiled a new suite of sustainability initiatives Tuesday as part of its effort to zero-out the carbon debt the… Read More

Amazon Air buys 6M gallons of sustainable fuel — here’s what it means for the industry and planet

Shipments of your future Amazon packages could be powered, at least in part, by agricultural waste. Amazon Air, the company’s… Read More

What to expect as Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting goes virtual for the first time

Amazon’s response to COVID-19 will be under a microscope Wednesday morning as the company holds its shareholder meeting virtually for… Read More

Cook Inlet beluga whales

NOAA selects Univ. of Washington to host regional institute for climate and ocean research

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected the University of Washington to host a Pacific Northwest research institute focusing… Read More

Amazon launches first solar energy facility in China

Amazon announced its first solar energy facility in China on Thursday, one of five renewable energy projects the company is… Read More

ICESat-2 laser-scanning satellite tracks how billions of tons of polar ice are lost

A satellite mission that bounces laser light off the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland has found that hundreds of… Read More

Deep Argo float tested

NOAA makes a pact with Vulcan to deepen collaboration on ocean science

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it has forged a new agreement with Vulcan Inc., the Seattle-based holding company… Read More

Amazon pledges $10M for forest preservation and carbon offsets in the Appalachians

Amazon launched a $10 million grant program Tuesday designed to help family forest owners conserve their land and participate in… Read More

Catalina Mountains

Climate experts say the past 19 years qualify as a megadrought for western U.S.

A comparison of weather records since 2000 with similar time frames in past centuries has led researchers to conclude that… Read More

Microsoft launches entrepreneurship program to support startups tackling societal challenges

Microsoft unveiled its new Global Social Entrepreneurship program Friday, in an effort to support small businesses addressing societal and environmental… Read More

Jeff Bezos at Amazon Spheres

Jeff Bezos wants to curb climate change via $10B fund — but is money his most powerful tool?

Jeff Bezos’ surprise pledge this week to donate $10 billion of his personal fortune to non-profits fighting climate change is… Read More

Jeff Bezos at Amazon Spheres

Jeff Bezos launches $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund, kicking off his own effort to fight climate change

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he’s launching a $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund that will issue grants aimed at addressing… Read More

Hamburger expert Bill Gates tests plant-based meat, with Dick’s burgers as a scientific control

Bill Gates knows burgers. When Microsoft moved from Albuquerque to the Seattle region back in the 1980s, the nearby Burgermaster… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Apple acquires Xnor.ai; Microsoft’s bold climate plan; Seattle startup trivia

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Apple doubled down on artificial intelligence and boosted its presence in Seattle with the… Read More

Microsoft pledges to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030, launches $1B Climate Innovation Fund

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft says it will be carbon negative by 2030, removing more carbon from the environment than it… Read More

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

Orcas

From climate mysteries to dead zones, an evolving computer model tackles Puget Sound’s eco-riddles

Puget Sound — Washington’s inland sea — is a mysterious place. It’s the southern-most fjord in the lower 48 states.… 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

EarthRanger program widens focus from elephant killers to cross-species diplomacy

Years ago, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen backed a project called the Great Elephant Census that highlighted a crisis for Africa’s… Read More

Podcast

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

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

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