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Is your company offering fair pay? New nonprofit certifies those with nondiscriminatory wages

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A new nonprofit is trying to keep the momentum going. It recently announced its inaugural cohort of participants: American Airlines, tech companies Databricks and NerdWallet, health insurance provider Anthem, the Pacific Northwest’s Sellen Construction, and the University of California, Irvine. Fair Pay Workplace Photo).

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Sign up for GeekWire’s first-ever virtual sports competition, raising money for nonprofits

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A portion of the team entry fee will be placed into a collective prize pool, with the winning team designating a nonprofit of their choice to receive the funds. The three Rocket League players from the winning team also will receive round trip tickets on Alaska Airlines.

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Geeks Gaming for Good: Avalara defeats Chef in a thrilling Rocket League championship

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With the championship under their belts, Avalara will donate the prize pool of $1,250 to their nonprofit partner of FareStart. The Avalara team also raised an additional $840 for FareStart during the tournament, and donated their winning prize — three round trip tickets on Alaska Airlines — to the Seattle food-based nonprofit.

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Flying clean: National experts say ‘bold action’ required to cut carbon from aviation

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Worldwide, there are about 25,000 airline planes flying today. Stephen Tibbitts, an event attendee and CEO of Tacoma’s Zeva Aero , raised the issue of re-configuring flight routes away from the current hub-and-spoke design that favors national airlines and larger planes. to cut carbon emissions from flight.

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Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

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Department of Energy , Activate Fellows , and Ocean Visions , a nonprofit advising carbon removal efforts. The nonprofit [C]Worthy lists 19 startups in marine-based carbon dioxide removal. million seed round with investors including Grantham, United Airlines Ventures, Carbon Removal Partners and ReGen Ventures.

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Microsoft and Seahawks help lead new initiative connecting Washington students to remote learning

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We have a really serious issue right now that needs to be fixed — the students out of school have no other option,” said Joyce Walters, executive director of the nonprofit InvestED. Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, and the public, private, and nonprofit sectors have come together to make this possible.”.

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Tech Moves: Flying Fish adds principal; Tanium names new CEO; and more

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Raghavan was previously senior vice president and human resources head at passenger airline IndiGo and spent close to seven years at Amazon, including as director and country human resources leader for India and head of human resources for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.