GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2021

Last summer, Amazon unveiled its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund, a venture capital program directed at sustainable technologies that could help it fulfill its promise to become net carbon neutral by 2040. A year ago, Microsoft created its $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund and announced that it would be carbon negative by 2030.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2021

megawatts (MW) of solar power this year alone, a more than 10-fold increase over a decade ago, according to an industry nonprofit. The Grow Community on Bainbridge Island has solar power for many of its 119 homes and is a net zero neighborhood, meaning it doesn’t contribute carbon emissions. ” The incentives.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

His fund is equivalent to more than 7 percent of his net worth. That includes the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which is led by Gina McCarthy , an Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency administrator and vocal critic of Trump’s environmental rollbacks. Support for mainstream environmental groups.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The American Booksellers Association is a national nonprofit trade organization that works to help independently owned bookstores grow and succeed. revenue for the first seven hours of the sale on Tuesday were reportedly up 19% over the same period during Prime Day 2019. Amazon doubled its net profit this year. ??. ??

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The Verge

MAY 25, 2021

Paola Dela Cruz-Perez, a youth organizer for the nonprofit East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice said during a shareholder briefing held today. In 2019, more than 7,500 workers backed a shareholder proposal asking Jeff Bezos to create a comprehensive climate change plan for the organization.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

More than 683 companies, 136 countries and 234 cities have made pledges to reach net-zero carbon emissions. The Seattle-based company in 2019 created the Climate Pledge , which is a commitment to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2040. Matthias Heyde Photo / Unsplash). How that takes shape has, so far, run the gamut.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Like many early stage biotech companies, Silverback has yet to generate meaningful revenue, posting a net loss of $17.6 million in 2018, a loss of $24 million in 2019, and a loss $19.9 Silverback employs 54 people, an increase of 31 employees since January 2019, according to the filing. The company had $142.3

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GeekWire

MARCH 15, 2022

million low-rate loan commitment and predevelopment grant to BRIDGE Housing, a nonprofit developer, for construction of 233 affordable apartments in Bellevue, near a light rail station that is scheduled to open next year. Microsoft has preserved or created 9,200 affordable housing units in the region since 2019. totaling $81.7

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The nonprofit, funded by philanthropy from high net-worth individuals, now has about 15 employees. Phenome Health Image) The new collaboration extends a vision for data-driven health Hood has pursued for years at the ISB and as co-founder of Seattle wellness company Arivale, which folded in 2019.

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GeekWire

MARCH 10, 2021

cents per gallon increase in the price of gasoline in 2019, the program’s fourth year. In Amazon’s letter to Inslee, Hurst wrote that the measure could help companies transition to lower carbon vehicles and fuels, something that Amazon is doing as part of its pledge to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040. “We

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2021

“I want to see more women in the position to make decisions, control resources, and shape policies and perspectives,” French Gates wrote in a 2019 editorial in Time. The company has made seven investments in six different companies or nonprofits since March 2019. — Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) May 10, 2019.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Although his net worth is currently estimated at a mere $200 million , he’s no stranger to high-stakes bidding. In 2019, he bid $4.6 Sun, a protégé of Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, recently became a citizen of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada. million just to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It leaves Bezos with limited options for grantees, pushing him toward established nonprofits who might not be on the cutting edge of climate innovation. The tech giant vowed to become net-zero carbon in 20 years and urges others to join its Climate Pledge , first announced last year, to do the same.

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Vox

MAY 22, 2023

“I remember driving through the neighborhood seeing people who had been evicted and all their stuff on the lawn,” said Mary Miller, a recent global studies graduate who has secured a job as a public engagement coordinator at a nonprofit. “It In other words, the labor market for grads looks a lot more like 2018 or 2019 than 2008 or 2009.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 10, 2020

James Heath, president and professor at Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), photographed in 2019. The objective was to cast a broad net rather than to focus on a certain set of immune cells, for example, in order to capture the big picture of what’s going on. Scott Eklund / Red Box Pictures).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The provocative premise is intentional, according to the nonpartisan nonprofit which organizes what it calls substantive, informed, critical-thinking-yet-civil debates about the day’s leading issues. Disputing the idea that Amazon is a net benefit for society, U.S. store last year, up 45% from 2019. 2020 to Aug.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

The real net effect is a lot of value for the ecosystem”. The real net effect is a lot of value for the ecosystem,” says Brockman. “At The same criticisms will likely be leveled against Codex, though OpenAI says its use of this data is legally protected under fair use.

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Vox

MARCH 30, 2022

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt participates in a panel discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, in April 2019. Enter Schmidt Futures, Schmidt’s private nonprofit that supports initiatives that use tech to address “hard-to-solve’’ scientific and societal problems. Michael Kovac/Getty Images.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

Carbon capture is critical for us to address climate change in time and to actually reach net zero [emissions],” said Deepika Nagabhushan , a program director with the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force. Gates invested in another round in 2019. million metric tons of carbon in 2019, a 15% increase over the previous year.

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GeekWire

MARCH 7, 2022

” “This bill represents an historic opportunity to extend Washington state’s social safety net to drivers on our platform,” Hensley said. Leaders from the nonprofit Drive Forward Seattle and from Massachusetts AFL-CIO testified against the bill. Elvert Barnes photo via Creative Commons.

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Vox

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The report , which comes from the nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), asserts that Amazon takes a larger and larger cut of sellers’ earnings through the various fees it levies on them. AWS netted $13.5 ILSR estimates seller fees netted $24 billion. By 2019, it was 85 percent.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

The growing size and reach of the “everything store,” however, has affected its public perception: A 2019 CNBC survey of 10,000 Americans showed that a majority of respondents believed the company was bad for small businesses. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. billion since its launch.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2021

billion in 2019. Its net loss for the first nine months of this year was $2.2 The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Expedia has been crushed by the pandemic as travel restrictions slow its business. The company posted revenue of $4.2 Jamie Cohen. Vacasa Photo). Redmond, Wash.-based

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Webby Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Our Stories Alzheimer’s Awareness Campaign by The Ad Council. Webby People’s Voice Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Equal Justice Initiative by Madeo. Webby Award for Entertainment : YouTube Rewind 2019 by Hook. Webby Award for Real Estate : Urby by Kettle.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 17, 2022

The 7 th congressional district Democrat from Washington state once worked at Seattle global health nonprofit PATH, where she wielded her MBA to direct its technology transfer fund. Pramila Jayapal at the 2019 GeekWire Summit. Congress and Washington Dept. of Health Photos). Pramila Jayapal knows public health.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Dewing presents at the 2019 RSA Conference. I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”. That’s where I really reset.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

AirPods are too difficult to fix — that is clear,” said Jenn Engstrom, state director at CALPIRG, a California consumer rights nonprofit that has been pushing the state to implement Right to Repair legislation for years. Right to Repair reforms ensure that you can’t make repairs proprietary. All of them?” All of them,” Cook says. They better.”

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Vox

JANUARY 1, 2024

According to Morning Consult’s weekly approval ratings of more than 20 democratic leaders, Modi’s net approval was a sky-high +60 among Indian voters as of late November, twice as high as the next most popular leader. Disclosure: I worked on the issue on and off from 2012 to 2017 at animal welfare nonprofits prior to joining Vox.)

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Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

See for yourself: As of 2019, for every 3 men in the tech industry, there is only 1 woman. Diversity efforts could net the IT industry an extra $400 billion in revenue each year. In her free time, Chloe is a speaker and mentor on diversity and inclusion in InfoSec and runs the nonprofit “Drop Labels” .

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Vox

APRIL 22, 2022

While it’s certainly easy to group workers by age, more emphasis should be placed on when people enter the workforce, the coinciding state of the economy, and the various safety net programs in place, said Sarah Damaske, an associate professor of sociology and labor and employment relations at Penn State University.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In 2019, Pew Research found that half of non-broadband users still say they don’t subscribe to the service because it’s too expensive, and nearly one in five households earning $30,000 or less aren’t online. The FCC repealed net neutrality under his watch and has made multiple industry-pleasing moves.

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Vox

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Disclosure: MIRI is a nonprofit and I donated to its work in 2017-2019.). There are also lots of people working on more present-day AI ethics problems: algorithmic bias , robustness of modern machine-learning algorithms to small changes, and transparency and interpretability of neural nets , to name just a few.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Some started protesting and lobbying, partnering with nonprofits and city officials to propose legislation. Wanting to share the tricks and texture of New York delivery, he started filming his work in late 2019 and posting the videos to a Facebook page he started called Chapín en Dos Ruedas, meaning “Guatemalan on Two Wheels.”

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AUGUST 11, 2022

She was on Avance Media’s list of Top 100 Most Influential Young South Africans in 2019. Raya was on the BBC’s 2019 list of 100 Inspiring and Influential Women , and a regular contributing journalist for the online publication Singularity Hub. LinkedIn: Zanelle Njapha. Katindi Sivi Njonjo. Location: Kenya. Twitter: @raya_bid.

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