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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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Exxon scientists knew almost exactly how bad climate change would be back in the 1970s while saying the opposite publicly, study finds
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    Massive winter storm leads to 3,400-plus flight cancellations, nearly half a million homes and businesses with no electricity
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Exxon’s secret decades-old predictions about global warming were spot on—but the company downplayed climate change anyway, study says
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Exxon’s secret decades-old predictions about global warming were spot on—but the company downplayed climate change anyway, study says
By Carly Wanna and BloombergJanuary 12, 2023
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Bill Gates dismisses the inflation and economic doom and gloom to insist now is ‘dramatically’ the best time to be alive
By Tristan BoveJanuary 12, 2023
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How Brian Moynihan of Bank of America became the king of stakeholder capitalism—and took the crown from Black Rock’s Larry Fink
By Peter VanhamJanuary 12, 2023
The U.S. has thwarted Putin’s energy blackmail. Europe says ‘Tanks a lot!’
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The U.S. has thwarted Putin’s energy blackmail. Europe says ‘Tanks a lot!’
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJanuary 11, 2023
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‘With a changing climate, buckle up.’ Extreme weather caused over $165 billion of damage in 2022, NOAA says.
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJanuary 10, 2023
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    An energy company funded by Bill Gates is planning to build a $760 million factory in West Virginia as America gets serious about nearshoring and clean energy
    By Brian Eckhouse, Mark Bergen and BloombergDecember 22, 2022
A California startup is turning greenhouse gas into a biodegradable plastic alternative that’s being used by Shake Shack, Nike, and H&M
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A California startup is turning greenhouse gas into a biodegradable plastic alternative that’s being used by Shake Shack, Nike, and H&M
By Ian MountJanuary 10, 2023
A man rides his bike through a flooded road in Aptos, California.
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California should buckle up for a ‘parade of cyclones’ as the historic storm battering the state is set to leave tens of thousands without power
By Tristan BoveJanuary 9, 2023
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The hole in the ozone layer could actually close in less than 50 years, UN says
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJanuary 9, 2023
Why I’ll be cutting back on business travel in 2023
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Why I’ll be cutting back on business travel in 2023
By Carolee GearhartJanuary 9, 2023
The EPA just proposed tougher standards for deadly soot air pollution. Environmentalists say it’s still not enough
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The EPA just proposed tougher standards for deadly soot air pollution. Environmentalists say it’s still not enough
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2023
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    The bomb cyclone is coming and temperatures in some places have already fallen 50 degrees in just a few hours
    By Heather Hollingsworth, Jill Bleed and The Associated PressDecember 22, 2022
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Another volcano in Hawaii is erupting, as the summit crater glows with lava
By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2023
Why the environmentalist critics of data centers are wrong
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Why the environmentalist critics of data centers are wrong
By Paul BrodyJanuary 6, 2023
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San Francisco mayor ‘preparing for a war’ as winds up to 85 mph and a half-foot of rain swamp the Bay Area, knocking out power for thousands
By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2023
What ‘sustainability’ Barbie tells us about the rise of the woman chief sustainability officer
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What ‘sustainability’ Barbie tells us about the rise of the woman chief sustainability officer
By Peter VanhamJanuary 5, 2023
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‘It will be hard to contain’: Large plume of toxic chemicals leak into Green Bay from groundwater near Tyco plant
By John Flesher and The Associated PressJanuary 4, 2023
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San Francisco is about to be hit with a ‘brutal’ storm so severe that a meteorologist says is ‘one of the most impactful’ he’s ever seen
By Chris MorrisJanuary 3, 2023
We asked 1,261 voters about the crackdown on ESG investing. You’ll never guess which party’s voters are most opposed to it
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We asked 1,261 voters about the crackdown on ESG investing. You’ll never guess which party’s voters are most opposed to it
By Lindsay SingletonJanuary 2, 2023
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Germany’s chancellor tells country to keep saving energy to fight off Putin’s ‘blackmail’
By Iain Rogers and BloombergDecember 31, 2022
Gen Z climate activist Greta Thunberg’s putdown of macho troll Andrew Tate has quickly become one of the most-liked tweets ever
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Gen Z climate activist Greta Thunberg’s putdown of macho troll Andrew Tate has quickly become one of the most-liked tweets ever
By Steve MollmanDecember 31, 2022
How living off the grid as a child helped me find success–and understand the importance of paying it forward
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How living off the grid as a child helped me find success–and understand the importance of paying it forward
By Lance DoironDecember 30, 2022
Southwest Air’s execs overwhelmed by winter storm as memos reveal “state of operational emergency”
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Southwest Air’s execs overwhelmed by winter storm as memos reveal “state of operational emergency”
By Ryan Beene and BloombergDecember 28, 2022
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Putin strikes back with oil ban for any foreign buyer that signs G7 price cap. But it could have been even worse.
By BloombergDecember 27, 2022
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America’s electrical grid barely escaped a calamity as massive storm exposes a vulnerable natural-gas infrastructure
By Gerson Freitas Jr., Naureen S. Malik, Mark Chediak and BloombergDecember 27, 2022
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The Deep South’s infrastructure is cracking under the bomb cyclone as burst pipes leak millions of gallons of water
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Winter storm
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At least 34 Americans die in deep freeze as massive winter storm stretches from Great Lakes to Rio Grande
By Carolyn Thompson, Jake Bleiberg and The Associated PressDecember 27, 2022
Buffalo blizzard
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Buffalo braces for even more snow on Tuesday after deadliest storm in at least 2 generations
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An offshore wind project being built with union labor could be exactly what energy workers need
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An offshore wind project being built with union labor could be exactly what energy workers need
By Jeremy GantzDecember 26, 2022
What digital transformation looks like at the American Red Cross–and how it could make a difference for nonprofits across the country
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By Matthew CascioDecember 26, 2022
Winter storm leads to at least 12 U.S. deaths, poses ‘potentially life-threatening hazard’ for stranded travelers
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Winter storm leads to at least 12 U.S. deaths, poses ‘potentially life-threatening hazard’ for stranded travelers
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