Amazon, Google, JPMorganChase, and Salesforce join $100m superpollutant pledge

Stuart Stone
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US corporate giants sign up to new initiative to tackle harmful methane, black carbon, and refrigerant emissions

Amazon, Google, JPMorganChase, Salesforce, and Workday have joined a new $100m initiative to cut superpollutant emissions such as methane, black carbon, and refrigerant gases, which are thought to be responsible...

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