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Energy Gang

Microsoft’s Carbon-Negative Gambit

Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie

Tech News, Environment, Sustainability, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, News, Cleantech, Wind Energy, Business, Climate Change, Solar Energy

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week: Microsoft is setting a new standard for corporate climate targets.

The technology company promised to remove all of the carbon that it’s ever put in the atmosphere -- going back to when it was founded in an Albuquerque garage in 1975. 

That includes $1 billion in carbon removal technologies and methods. Can it pull off such an ambitious plan? And will it force other corporates to follow?

Then, a landmark climate case. Twenty-one young people who sued the federal government for the right to live in a stable climate prevailed and prevailed and prevailed…until they lost. A judge agreed with their case, but said the courts weren’t the place to remedy climate change. What does it mean for future litigation?

Plus, we have a new member of the gang we’re going to meet. It’s Ingrid Lobet, our senior editor. Make sure to follow her on Twitter

Resources:

  • MIT Technology Review: Microsoft Will Invest $1B in Carbon Reduction and Removal Tech
  • Wall Street Journal: Microsoft Raises Stakes in Corporate Climate Pledge Race
  • Vox: 21 Kids Sued the Government Over Climate Change
  • AP: U.S. Courts Dismisses Suit by Youth Over Climate Change

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0:00.0

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0:09.4

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0:15.0

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0:39.0

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0:42.4

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0:49.3

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Find out more at corepower.com, that's K-O-R-E-P-P-O-D-K-O-R-T-C-T-C-E-T-E-T-E-T-G-E-G-Gang, that's K-O-R-T-E-T-E-T-G-E-GAN, that's K-O-E debates and discussions on the fast-changing world of energy.

1:47.0

I'm Stephen Lacey in Boston. Welcome.

1:49.0

This week, the new standard is being set for corporate climate targets.

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