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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
Alex Karp, wearing a suit, looks forward.
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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Danish wind giant, reeling from $4 billion write-off in New Jersey, calls America ‘the most painful part of our portfolio’
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Nonpartisan business group hails Biden’s green jobs boom: ‘We’re in the biggest economic revolution we’ve seen in generations’
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EV, battery storage and solar projects announced since the Inflation Reduction Act will create 403,000 jobs, business group says
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Green NIMBYism is such a scourge that MIT is training students in how to calm down angry neighbors: ‘It can be hard to develop empathy unless you start having conversations’
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Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia raises $41 million for his startup building small, pre-fabricated houses that spun out of Airbnb in 2022
By Alexei OreskovicOctober 30, 2023
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‘There’s no future after me’: Colorado pumpkin man says drought, labor, water issues will end his family business. ‘My boys won’t farm’
By Melina Walling, Brittany Peterson and The Associated PressOctober 29, 2023
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    Some politicians are waging a war on sustainability. New research shows U.S. consumers of all persuasions, from Gen Zers to boomers, are going in the opposite direction
    By Tensie Whelan and Randi Kronthal-SaccoOctober 17, 2023
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The sale of 67 million acres of Gulf oil leases is being held up by environmentalists asking to think about the endangered whales
By Kevin McGill and The Associated PressOctober 27, 2023
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Millions of Americans might be poisoning themselves because they don’t test their well water
By Tony Leys and KFF Health NewsOctober 26, 2023
Siemens Energy shares fall 40% after company seeks government help as wind-turbine woes threaten gas and power division
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Siemens Energy shares fall 40% after company seeks government help as wind-turbine woes threaten gas and power division
By Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, Petra Sorge and BloombergOctober 26, 2023
Disappearing California forests
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California’s prized redwood forests are going extinct: ‘We’re losing them at a rate that is something that we can’t sustain’
By Brian Melley and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2023
Desperate Arizona golf courses have finally figured out how to repel the pig-like Javelina pest: chili oil. ‘Even though they’re Southwest animals, they don’t like Southwest seasoning’
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Desperate Arizona golf courses have finally figured out how to repel the pig-like Javelina pest: chili oil. ‘Even though they’re Southwest animals, they don’t like Southwest seasoning’
By The Associated PressOctober 26, 2023
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    Billionaire Tom Steyer says the crusade against climate change depends on one thing: Business fixing the problem. ‘We have to win in capitalism’
    By Paolo ConfinoOctober 16, 2023
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Italy loses its crown as world’s top wine producer as hailstorms, floods and a soggy spring ruin its harvest—but dropping the top spot is the least of vineyards’ worries
By Prarthana PrakashOctober 26, 2023
Shell takes axe to its eco-friendly business as oil giant focuses on digging up fossil fuels
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Shell takes axe to its eco-friendly business as oil giant focuses on digging up fossil fuels
By Ryan HoggOctober 26, 2023
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From temps in the 80s to 8 inches of snow: The northern Rockies brace for the first snowfall of the season
By Amy Beth Hanson and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2023
The energy transition is under threat as the Global South lags behind
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The energy transition is under threat as the Global South lags behind
By Makhtar Diop and Mohamed Jameel Al RamahiOctober 25, 2023
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Study gets real on climate change: Antarctica faces the ‘unavoidable’ melting of enough ice to raise sea levels nearly 6 feet
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressOctober 24, 2023
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A ‘superfog’ near New Orleans caused a 158-car pileup that killed at least 7 people
By The Associated PressOctober 24, 2023
‘Peak Oil’ will arrive by 2030, IEA predicts for the first time
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‘Peak Oil’ will arrive by 2030, IEA predicts for the first time
By BloombergOctober 24, 2023
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Here’s the climate movement’s biggest mistake since the 1970s, according to the climate scientist who won the Nobel Prize alongside Al Gore
By David SchimelOctober 23, 2023
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Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s 2030 growth plan bears fruit as Hyundai inks deal to join Lucid as next carmaker in the Gulf
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 23, 2023
Chevron announces buy of Hess for $53 billion in new oil megadeal days after Exxon says it will acquire shale giant Pioneer
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Chevron announces buy of Hess for $53 billion in new oil megadeal days after Exxon says it will acquire shale giant Pioneer
By James Herron and BloombergOctober 23, 2023
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A Maui single mom was lucky to find a ‘tiny, tiny cottage’ for double what she was paying before her subsidized unit burnt to a crisp
By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2023
Atlantic hurricanes are twice as likely to go from wimpy to catastrophic in 24 hours than in decades past
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Atlantic hurricanes are twice as likely to go from wimpy to catastrophic in 24 hours than in decades past
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2023
Climate change is our greatest health crisis. The same investments can often address both threats
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Climate change is our greatest health crisis. The same investments can often address both threats
By Vanessa Kerry and Paul HudsonOctober 19, 2023
Climate protesters crash Jerome Powell’s press conference, chanting ‘Stop fossil finance’
Finance
Climate protesters crash Jerome Powell’s press conference, chanting ‘Stop fossil finance’
By Will DanielOctober 19, 2023
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E-cigarettes pose a new environmental dilemma—the ‘insidious devices’ can be neither recycled nor thrown in the trash
By Matthew Perrone and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2023
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New England’s $510 million lobster economy reels from near 40% population plunge
By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2023
ESG is at a crossroads. A new framework can help companies avoid box-checking exercises
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ESG is at a crossroads. A new framework can help companies avoid box-checking exercises
By Jeff Levinson and Ashley WalterOctober 19, 2023
Biden administration announces $3.5 billion for projects to strengthen nationwide electric grid stressed by extreme weather
Finance
Biden administration announces $3.5 billion for projects to strengthen nationwide electric grid stressed by extreme weather
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2023
US Vice President Kamala Harris tours a Qcells solar panel manufacturing plant in Dalton, Georgia
Environment
Huge new solar panel factory opens in Georgia but a flood of low-priced Asian imports could make it hard to compete
By Jeff Amy and The Associated PressOctober 18, 2023
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