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Alaska Airlines launches investment arm to support goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040

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Alaska Airlines on Monday announced the launch of Alaska Star Ventures to invest in new aviation technologies as part of the airline’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Our filter is how do we get our operation to net zero and what are technologies that can help us along that path,” said Rakow.

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Amazon and Microsoft back effort to defeat initiative that would defund Washington state climate efforts

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Amazon bought naming rights to the arena, helping tout its commitment to reach net-zero carbon by 2040. Individual donors include former Microsoft CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer; Connie Ballmer; Tableau co-founder Chris Stolte; and Craig McKibben, co-founder of the software company WRQ, and his wife, Sarah Merner.

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$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

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It can be more expensive to build and test the technology, compared to software-based enterprises. This summer, the accelerator accepted 10 early-stage companies in the latest round of the program. Ken Vaughn, VertueLab’s director of Impact Investments. VertueLab Photo).

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Accolade sets terms for IPO, aims to raise up to $211M in Seattle’s first public offering this year

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million net loss and $132.5 million net loss and $94.8 million members across industries including media, technology, financial services, transportation, energy, and retail. based marketing software startup ZoomInfo priced above its range earlier this month and saw shares spike 62% on its first day of trading.

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Native American tribes, wild cat conservation groups use tech to help study and save cougars

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That project is using AI-powered software from Panthera to automatically recognize the presence of these key species in the images. We want to understand all at once how these species might be changing on the landscape,” said Kim Sager-Fradkin, wildlife program manager for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Panthera Photo).

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First Mode opens a clean-tech factory that capitalizes on some extra high-tech twists

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Jay Inslee to the right and Albert Gore, executive director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association, to the left. “It’s ‘software-defined’ rather than a hard-point-constrained facility. ” First Mode’s factory is also following a path to net zero. Jay Inslee in attendance.

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How will 5G impact telcos' carbon footprint?

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Net Zero Tracker created by MSCI. Yet, as BCG's figures indicate, the more data that CSPs transport, the more their own emissions performance will suffer, particularly since one of the major issues for CSPs is the use of energy to power their networks. this figure could reach 14% by 2040. MSCI-warming-by-sector.png. Source: MSCI.

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