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‘You need to clean up the mess your generation has left’: Volkswagen’s guilty boomer gets real about sustainability, China—and his spam folder

Volkswagen’s sustainability chief told Fortune that Europe’s industrial champions cannot protect their way out of China’s electric-vehicle challenge.

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
‘Europe needs to shed its naivety’: Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen on Chinese competition and the energy issue that keeps him up at night
‘Europe needs to shed its naivety’: Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen on Chinese competition and the energy issue that keeps him up at night
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Ford’s Jim Farley says Gen Z needs its own ‘Smokey Bear’ moment for the forest fire of AI paranoia, the jobs apocalypse and the skilled trades
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 30, 2026
Jeff Bezos is giving $25 million to protect the Pacific—but his climate fund still has about $7 billion left to spend in four years
Jeff Bezos is giving $25 million to protect the Pacific—but his climate fund still has about $7 billion left to spend in four years
By Sydney LakeSeptember 30, 2026
Asia’s boardrooms risk missing the biggest cost of climate change: human health
Asia’s boardrooms risk missing the biggest cost of climate change: human health
By Mitch NewSeptember 30, 2026
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden—and locals found out when hunters lost leases to use the property
By Sasha RogelbergSeptember 30, 2026
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Hedge fund veteran blames ESG backlash on ‘all of these idiots’ trying to blackball fossil fuels
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California firm grows cocoa from cell cultures as climate change threatens supply
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With ESG on the rebound, it’s time to abandon climate doom narratives
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With ESG on the rebound, it’s time to abandon climate doom narratives
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The U.S. must pursue ‘fleet-scale’ nuclear development to ensure the lessons learned at Vogtle won’t be for naught
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The world’s population is poised to decline—and that’s great news
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    Hurricane Debby remnants leave thousands of businesses and homes without power in the Northeast
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Corn is getting sweatier. Experts blame the farming industry
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A cautionary tale for Starbucks: Green Mountain Coffee’s founder spills the beans on how it became ‘just another coffee company’
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9/11-era security measures and climate change put thousands at risk from dams
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Greenpeace files supreme court case accusing Finland of climate inaction
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell can’t keep ignoring the climate elephant—or its impact on inflation—at Jackson Hole
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I sold a $1.4B big-data startup to IBM—then founded a nature sanctuary. Here are the dangers of AI energy consumption
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There are 3 major theories as to why Mike Lynch’s Bayesian yacht sank so fast
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German Shell whistleblower says Chinese emission reduction oilfield was actually a chicken farm
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The future could be bright for Irish wine as long as climate change warms up its cool climate
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The future could be bright for Irish wine as long as climate change warms up its cool climate
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California braces for possible ultra-rare August snow
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Gen Zers and millennials are flocking to places with these attributes—and it’s key to winning the war for talent
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Gen Zers and millennials are flocking to places with these attributes—and it’s key to winning the war for talent
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Toxic metals found in tampons have set off alarm bells—the kind I responded to 35 years ago when starting my company
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The ‘sustainability recession’ will end soon—and not by choice
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By Andrew WinstonAugust 14, 2024
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Florida sued over lab-grown meat ban—’If some Floridians don’t like the idea of eating cultivated chicken, there’s a simple solution: Don’t eat it’
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Carbon credits are literally going up in smoke as wildfires threaten their sustainability
By Seamus WebsterAugust 12, 2024
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$3 billion energy giant admits violating pollution limits in Louisiana—just like it did in Mississippi
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