Gerry McGovern in Elk: "Amazon’s emissions have tripled sinc..."

Amazon’s emissions have tripled since 2019, when the company committed to achieving net-zero emissions across its operations by 2040.
https://earth.org/amazon-emissions-rose-in-2024-amid-expansion-of-energy-hungry-data-centers/

July 17, 2025 at 11:45:31 AM

"After plunging in 2023 and 2024, deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% in May and is up 27% in 2025, half of it in recently burned land — an all-time high. The biome’s increased susceptibility to fire makes it a more attractive and less risky method for criminals seeking illegal deforestation."

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/amazon-deforestation-spikes-as-brazil-blames-criminal-fires/

It's all connected. Only one Amazon is going to survive, and when the true Amazon goes, we won't be far behind.

What a farce.

"In June 2020, when Amazon announced that the company secured the naming rights to the iconic Seattle arena—home of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken and WNBA's Seattle Storm. Amazon decided to name it Climate Pledge Arena, in honor of The Climate Pledge, a commitment co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism in 2019."

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/seattles-climate-pledge-arena-makes-history

I'm unsure that they actually meant it.

Their plan is to destroy the environment, cash out, and then society collapses by 2040. They'll be net zero then!

Guess what. They lied. Amazon.

> committed

They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.

@gerrymcgovern @bookish

Well, it was only a pledge after all … grrrr

I remember the Speed & Scale book by John Doerr in which he was arguing that it would be companies like Amazon or Walmart who will deliver carbon neutral economy. If only...