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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
By Sam BirchallOctober 2, 2026
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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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The biggest clean energy project in U.S. history just raised $11 billion and started construction
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The biggest clean energy project in U.S. history just raised $11 billion and started construction
By Josh Saul and BloombergDecember 27, 2023
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    Biden heads to Las Vegas to talk up $8.2 billion in funding to boost languishing high-speed rail projects, including a 218-mile route to California
    By Will Weissert and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2023
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Ryanair’s CEO says consumers will always choose budget flights over environmental fears, as aviation has been wrongly made the ‘poster child’ for climate change
By Prarthana PrakashDecember 27, 2023
The green revolution runs on chips–but there is no good way to make the fragile semiconductors ecosystem sustainable in the short term
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The green revolution runs on chips–but there is no good way to make the fragile semiconductors ecosystem sustainable in the short term
By Rakesh KumarDecember 26, 2023
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King Charles gives 2nd Christmas speech in front of Buckingham Palace’s first live tree, soon to be replanted elsewhere
By The Associated PressDecember 25, 2023
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The EV boom may be petering out, but Americans are buying record numbers of hybrid cars
By Tom Krisher and The Associated PressDecember 24, 2023
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White Christmas looks extinct everywhere but Alaska: ‘I feel like December really no longer qualifies as a winter month’
By Nick Perry and The Associated PressDecember 24, 2023
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    Billionaire Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio says private capital can only realistically finance climate solutions if the returns make sense
    By Alastair Marsh and BloombergDecember 7, 2023
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Conservative-backed mission to save the whales collides with lack of evidence that offshore wind is fatal
By Christina Larson, Jennifer McDermott, Patrick Whittle, Wayne Parry and The Associated PressDecember 24, 2023
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Oil firms offer $382 million for right to drill in Gulf of Mexico after courts reject Biden administration plans to protect an endangered whale
By Matthew Brown, Matthew Daly and The Associated PressDecember 21, 2023
The U.S. dairy industry wants to tackle climate change–but not at the expense of feeding the world
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The U.S. dairy industry wants to tackle climate change–but not at the expense of feeding the world
By Krysta HardenDecember 20, 2023
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The Colorado culture wars are getting wild, as officials release 5 gray wolves into the Rocky Mountains in Democrat-backed program
By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated PressDecember 20, 2023
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San Jose officials move to reassure on wastewater conversion: ‘This is a very high tech process that ensures the water is super clean’
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressDecember 20, 2023
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    Wyoming has been daring the Feds to buy priceless Grand Teton lands for a decade by threatening an auction. Now it’s asking $80 million
    By Mead Gruver and The Associated PressDecember 7, 2023
Drilling is coming back after ban in Pennsylvania ‘Gasland’ town where residents could light their tap water on fire
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Drilling is coming back after ban in Pennsylvania ‘Gasland’ town where residents could light their tap water on fire
By Michael Rubinkam and The Associated PressDecember 20, 2023
A wind turbine is placed off the coast in Newark Bay in Elizabeth, New Jersey
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Planned New Jersey offshore wind farm will likely ‘adversely affect’ whales—but not kill them—feds say
By Wayne Parry and The Associated PressDecember 20, 2023
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Outgoing philanthropy exec says this era is like the 1920s, when ‘A lot of people became fascists, and a lot of people became communists’
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressDecember 19, 2023
A volcano just erupted in Iceland that’s threatening the country’s prime tourist attraction—the spectacular Blue Lagoon
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A volcano just erupted in Iceland that’s threatening the country’s prime tourist attraction—the spectacular Blue Lagoon
By Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir and BloombergDecember 18, 2023
Millions of Americans have already moved away from flood-prone ‘climate abandonment areas,’ scientists find. They project huge flood risk in the Midwest through 2053 
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Millions of Americans have already moved away from flood-prone ‘climate abandonment areas,’ scientists find. They project huge flood risk in the Midwest through 2053 
By Michael Phillis, Camille Fassett, Irina Ivanova and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2023
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BSNF Railway has been slow-walking a permit to stop running over grizzly bears for nearly 20 years, environmental groups claim in lawsuit
By Amy Beth Hanson and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2023
AI could accelerate progress toward the world’s climate goals. Here’s how
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AI could accelerate progress toward the world’s climate goals. Here’s how
By Kate Brandt and Rich LesserDecember 18, 2023
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Hawaii governor threatens to use ‘hammer’ to convert 3,000 vacation rentals to housing for newly homeless Maui wildfire survivors
By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2023
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Nissan to sell electric vehicles made in China globally in another sign of carmakers responding to Chinese automotive prowess
By Steve MollmanDecember 17, 2023
Panama Canal is taking a small step to ease the epic traffic jam that has snarled global shipping for months
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Panama Canal is taking a small step to ease the epic traffic jam that has snarled global shipping for months
By Joe Ryan and BloombergDecember 15, 2023
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California regulators extend the life of aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant another 5 years as Gavin Newsom says it’s needed to prevent blackouts
By The Associated PressDecember 15, 2023
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COP28 ends with historic deal that commits world to transition away from all fossil fuels for the first time—but gives no timeframe
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Jessica Shankleman, Laura Millan and BloombergDecember 13, 2023
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The U.N. has made 5 big promises over 30 years of climate talks—here’s a look at how they’ve turned out
By Sibi Arasu and The Associated PressDecember 12, 2023
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Climate activist Al Gore blasts COP28 outcome as biggest failure in history—it ‘reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word’
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 12, 2023
AI emissions are fueling a new doomerism. This time it’s climate change
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AI emissions are fueling a new doomerism. This time it’s climate change
By Eric Xing and Adrian MonckDecember 12, 2023
Long-shot effort to generate the $5tn needed annually for energy-transition technologies looks to combine carbon credits with the private sector
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Long-shot effort to generate the $5tn needed annually for energy-transition technologies looks to combine carbon credits with the private sector
By Jamey Keaten and The Associated PressDecember 12, 2023
This state gets half its revenue from oil and gas money—and is trying to plan for a fossil fuel decline in just a few years
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This state gets half its revenue from oil and gas money—and is trying to plan for a fossil fuel decline in just a few years
By The Associated PressDecember 11, 2023
Climate change is unleashing a tsunami of infectious diseases–and we have fewer and fewer drugs that can treat them
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Climate change is unleashing a tsunami of infectious diseases–and we have fewer and fewer drugs that can treat them
By Jayasree K. IyerDecember 11, 2023
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Fastest-growing job in the U.S. pays up to $103K a year without a college degree—but candidates have to endure extreme weather and lug 50 pounds of gear up long ladders to confined spaces
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 11, 2023
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