In the memo’s first page, Gates dismissed, in his words, the “doomsday view” that climate change would “decimate civilization”
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To dismiss the rise of Chinese EVs as irrelevant to the U.S. would be a strategic misstep—even if consumers don't want them today.
As tariffs raise prices, companies and consumers have embraced waste reduction and reuse to cut costs.
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No one likes to admit failure, least of all publicly traded companies. When it comes to talking about climate action, this is a big problem.
Resilience is on the minds of many executives. But often companies are "flying blind" when it comes to the true cost of climate risks.
JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon believes profit is the key to unlocking clean energy.
But the rate cut still might not be enough.
Scientists just linked heat waves to big polluters. The research comes amid a flurry of climate lawsuits.
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