Amazon executive 'quit in dismay' at sacking of climate activists

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Tim Bray decries 'vein of toxicity running through company culture' after resigning from US online retail giant

An Amazon executive claims to have quit his job "in dismay" at the recent dismissal of several staff who had publicly criticised the online retail giant's climate action efforts, as he blasted a "vein...

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