Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he will spend $10 billion of his own fortune to give out grants to scientists, activists and nonprofits to help fight climate change.
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos walks off stage after holding a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington to announce the Climate Pledge, setting a goal to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early. On Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, Bezos said that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.that he’ll start giving grants this summer to scientists, activists and nonprofits working to protect Earth. The online retailer relies on fossil fuels to power planes, trucks and vans in order to ship billions of items all around the world. Amazon workers in its Seattle headquarters have beensome of the company’s practices, pushing it to do more to combat climate change.
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