GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The private sector is stepping up as a major player in combating the climate crisis, joining governments and nonprofits. That includes participation in the Net Zero World Initiative , and the foundation’s pledge of $315 million to an effort to help farmers adapt to warming. Gates himself spoke at a session focused on the issue.

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Vox

MARCH 29, 2023

Instead of payment for my work there (which was done outside my time at Vox), I asked OpenPhil to make donations to the Against Malaria Foundation , a GiveWell-recommended charity that distributes malaria nets in parts of the world where they’re needed and where my wife and I donate annually. That’s why I need the 2captcha service.” (You

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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. billion in 2020, according to Amazon’s financial data.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The livability flywheel depends on leadership from elected officials, corporate and nonprofit executives, and the community. Leadership for such coalitions can often come from the business world, but it can equally come from passionate nonprofit leaders and citizens. Copyright 2021, Columbia University Press.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory chemical engineer Dushyant Barpagaare is using a laboratory continuous flow system to study solvents that can capture carbon from the air. Andrea Starr / PNNL Photo). “We need to deploy these technologies at scale globally.”. Last year the carbon capture market raised a record $336.5 PNNL Photo).

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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 It was kind of scary as a kid.”

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Vox

OCTOBER 15, 2020

This may explain why these problems have received so little study in the past, while also suggesting their importance in the future,” concluded a 2016 research paper on problems in AI safety. Disclosure: MIRI is a nonprofit and I donated to its work in 2017-2019.).

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

And Facebook has always defended itself by insisting that it is a net good to society because of how it brings people together. For years, journalists, politicians, social scientists — and even biologists and ecologists — have been raising concerns about the influence Facebook has on our collective well-being.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

I studied English and Film Making in college; I did not get a traditional CS degree. But what we've seen happening here is that if you really want to cast the widest net you have to start thinking outside the boxes in employment. study those who live in it, come back and apply again in four months from now and have another shot.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. Bezos’s philanthropic track record Before 2018, Bezos didn’t have much of a philanthropic résumé.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Some started protesting and lobbying, partnering with nonprofits and city officials to propose legislation. per hour, according to a recent study of app-based workers conducted by the Cornell Worker Institute and the Worker’s Justice Project. Anthony Chavez delivers an ice cream during Hurricane Ida. August 27, 6 P.M.

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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. The Solutions Project, $43 million.

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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. Art, Culture, And Events : Urban Archive; London Art Studies. Apps, Mobile & Voice.

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Vox

APRIL 22, 2021

30 million to nonprofits in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas; $20 million of that goes to local district and charter schools, the other $10 million is meant to revitalize the downtown of the city of Brownsville, Texas. $5 5 million to a pair of Boston-area researchers studying the coronavirus. $1 Change may be afoot.

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Vox

MARCH 30, 2022

The use of staff from other federal agencies and the armed services, universities, and philanthropically funded nonprofits dates back five presidential administrations — but President Biden was the first to elevate the office to Cabinet level,” an OSTP spokesperson said in a statement to Recode.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Reyhan Huseynova. Location: Azerbaijan.

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Vox

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Before the collapse of FTX, Bankman-Fried put millions into scientists, companies, and nonprofits working on pandemic and bioterror prevention and risks from artificial intelligence. This isn’t a knock on philosophy; it’s what I studied in college and a field from which I have learned a tremendous amount.

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Vox

AUGUST 8, 2022

I had asked the people at the “let’s all give our money to buy the world’s poor malaria bed nets” conference to buy me a plane ticket ? Obviously the money should go to bed nets! The best interventions studied were about 10,000 times better than the least good ones,” he notes. Flash forward to 2021. He peaked at $25.9

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Vox

MARCH 30, 2021

When MacKenzie Scott unveiled last year that she had donated $6 billion to support 500 nonprofits across the country, overwhelming applause rushed in for a billionaire who probably donated more money directly to charities in a single year than any living person ever had before. More net worth doesn’t always translate to more power.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

The paper by Levi Boxell, Matthew Gentzkow, and Jesse Shapiro studies what is known as “affective polarization,” which Klein defines as “the difference between how warmly people view the political party they favor and the political party they oppose.” TikTok’s parent ByteDance generated more than $3 billion of net profit last year.

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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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