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4 years after Climate Pledge, Amazon says emissions on the decline

4 years after Climate Pledge, Amazon says emissions on the decline

Amazon on Tuesday reported a slight drop in greenhouse gas emissions, a milestone that comes as climate change activists pressure the company to do more. The company's carbon emissions dropped 0.4% in 2022 compared to 2021, but its total footprint remains millions of metric tons larger than past years, according to Amazon's sustainability report released Tuesday. Its carbon footprint totaled 71.3 million metric tons last year, down from the 71.5 million it recorded in 2021. The modest decrease is a shift for the company, which saw carbon emissions grow by roughly 10 million metric tons annuall......
Illinois teams up with Indiana and Michigan in an effort to land $1.25 billion to build a clean hydrogen hub

Illinois teams up with Indiana and Michigan in an effort to land $1.25 billion to build a clean hydrogen hub

A coalition based in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan has taken the next big step in its bid to obtain up to $1.25 billion in federal funding for a regional clean hydrogen hub intended to reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. The coalition, the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2), submitted its full application to the U.S. Department of Energy last week. MachH2 is one of 33 groups that were encouraged to submit final applications in the competition for six to 10 hydrogen hubs spread across the country. “Hydrogen can help us to decarbonize sectors that are really hard to decarb......