Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. It's Friday, September 16th, 2022.

And we begin with a reluctant billionaire doing something almost unheard of. The founder

of the popular outdoor clothesmaker Patagonia has given away his company to fight climate

change. Iván Schoenard started his career as an eccentric rock climber in California's

70 Valley. For a time, he even lived out of his car before creating Patagonia in the

1970s. Now, after 50 years, Mr. Schoenard, his wife and their two adult children are done

running the company, so they've transferred their ownership worth about $3 billion to

especially designed trust and a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the planet.

As Mr. Schoenard wrote on his website, Earth is now our only shareholder, giving away the bulk

of their assets during their lifetime has made the Schoenards one of the most charitable

families in the country. The 83-year-old tells The New York Times that he never wanted

to be a businessman, still doesn't own a cell phone or a computer, and feels a big relief

that he's put his life in order. For us, this was the ideal solution.

Make way for the whales. That's what the world's largest shipping company is doing. The

MSC group has just announced it is adjusting where their large container ship sail off the

coast of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean in order to reduce the chance of colliding with

blue whales. These enormous creatures are the largest living animals on Earth, about

80 feet long and can live about 90 years, but they are endangered and a collision with

a ship can be fatal. The current international shipping lanes goes right through the area

with the most whales and whale-watching activity. Scientific surveys have found that if ships

move just a little bit to the south, the risk of hitting a blue whale drops by 95%.

Tennis-Great Roger Federer is hanging up his racket. The 20-time Grand Slam Champ announced

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