Amazon's Carbon Footprint Rises 15% as Company Invests $2 Billion in Clean Tech

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By Jordan DavidsonJun 24, 2020, 10:53 am380 pts
Amazon announced that its carbon footprint rose 15 percent in 2019, meaning the online retail giant emits the carbon equivalent of running 13 coal fired power plants all year, according to the CBC. That also included an 18 percent rise in emissions from fossil fuels. That announcement was made in tandem with a…

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