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Amazon workers demand company quit polluting near communities of color

The Verge

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, thousands of workers at Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook walked out of work to protest a lack of action on climate change.

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‘Our country is in a cyberwar’: Inside the White House summit with Hadi Partovi of Code.org

GeekWire

President Joe Biden brought together top executives from the nation’s biggest technology, financial services and energy companies this week to address the growing challenge of cybersecurity , speaking to tech leaders including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Embed from Getty Images.

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Amazon throws support behind low-carbon fuel standard bill in Washington state

GeekWire

The state’s largest business lobby group, the Association of Washington Business, continues to oppose the measure, saying it would increase the cost of fuel, citing the maximum cost estimates that have come out of California and Oregon. Fitzgibbon and the governor’s office said Microsoft has also signaled its support.