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Posted on January 16, 2020
BY TODD BISHOP
January 16, 2020
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft says it will be carbon negative by 2030, removing more carbon from the environment than it emits each year, and will remove enough carbon by 2050 to make up for all of its emissions and electrical consumption since its founding decades ago.
In addition, the company will launch a $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund designed to encourage the development of new carbon reduction and removal technologies.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made the pledge Thursday morning during an event at the company’s Redmond headquarters, detailing a sweeping new plan to eliminate Read More “GEEKWIRE: Microsoft pledges to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030, launches $1B Climate Innovation Fund”
Posted on January 14, 2020
Jim Vinoski
My visit last summer with the great folks at SRAM, the bicycle parts makers headquartered in Chicago, was valuable in many ways. One of my most rewarding lessons during the trip was the introduction I received to World Bicycle Relief (WBR), an organization co-founded by one of the co-founders of SRAM. The two share office space there in the Windy City.
“It’s hard for those of us in developed nations to realize what a difference a bicycle can make,” said Dave Neiswander, CEO of WBR. “It’s an important tool – it can mean a mother getting her sick Read More “FORBES: Can Bicycles Relieve Poverty? World Bicycle Relief Says Yes”
Posted on January 8, 2020
Stamford, Conn. – Jan. 8, 2020 – Americares is responding to the devastating 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast on Tuesday, killing at least one person, toppling buildings and causing power outages across the island. Gov. Wanda Vázquez declared a state of emergency and activated Puerto Rico’s National Guard, cautioning residents to prepare for additional aftershocks. Read More “PRESS RELEASE: Americares Responds to Puerto Rico Earthquake”