Hundreds of employees openly criticize Amazon's record on climate change despite what they say is a company policy that puts their jobs at risk for speaking out.
Amazon workers have spent this year urging CEO Jeff Bezos take more urgent steps on climate change. They’re a key reason Amazon’s environmental footprint is under scrutiny.
The company, which relies on fossil fuels to power the planes, trucks and vans that ship packages all over the world, has an enormous carbon footprint. And its workers have been vocal in criticizing some of its practices. Last year more than 8,000 staffers signed an open letter to Jeff Bezos, the chief executive and founder, demanding that Amazon cut its carbon emissions, end its use of fossil fuels and stop its work with oil companies that use Amazon’s technology to locate fossil fuel deposits.
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