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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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Your Halloween candy wrappers will likely end up in a landfill but don’t blame recyclers: ‘It’s got to be profitable. These guys aren’t social workers’ 
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A village of about 600 Native Alaskans near the Arctic Circle refuses to admit defeat to climate change. ‘My home means my way of life’
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A village of about 600 Native Alaskans near the Arctic Circle refuses to admit defeat to climate change. ‘My home means my way of life’
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The global energy crisis is a ‘shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity,’ IEA warns, but it may also be a ‘definitive turning point’
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    Bill Gates is turning alcohol into jet fuel with a $50 million grant to an experimental energy firm
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From Northern shrimp to Chinook salmon, climate change is wiping out profitable species for the fishing industry
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    EU warns it may shut down Bitcoin miners to steer more energy to households and factories
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Biden administration granting $1 billion to school districts to buy electric buses
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The world’s ‘fossil fuel addiction’ is killing 1.2 million people a year and leaving 100 million hungry, doctors say in huge new global study
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The world’s ‘fossil fuel addiction’ is killing 1.2 million people a year and leaving 100 million hungry, doctors say in huge new global study
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2022
Joe Biden calls his climate legislation a milestone achievement. But with midterm elections looming, most Americans say they know little about the law
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Joe Biden calls his climate legislation a milestone achievement. But with midterm elections looming, most Americans say they know little about the law
By Matthew Daly, Nuha Dolby and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2022
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So you rent an apartment in a big city and you have an electric car: Where are you supposed to charge it?
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Americans are overwhelmingly ignorant about Biden’s battle against climate change and overwhelmingly want more to be done: survey
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Apartment renters face unexpected problem as more buy EVs: If you don’t have a garage, where do you charge it?
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Apartment renters face unexpected problem as more buy EVs: If you don’t have a garage, where do you charge it?
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Two-thirds of Americans want the government to do more to fight climate change—but most don’t know what’s being done already
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Two-thirds of Americans want the government to do more to fight climate change—but most don’t know what’s being done already
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Activists just threw chocolate cake on a wax figure of King Charles to protest climate change
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Dirty shrimp farms are punching a huge hole in the environment. A.I. could cut it in half
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By Matt WhittakerOctober 24, 2022
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A fire insurance battle in New Mexico reveals the cruel calculus of climate change
By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated PressOctober 24, 2022
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By Verity Ratcliffe and BloombergOctober 24, 2022
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By Marc Champion, Salma El Wardany and BloombergOctober 23, 2022
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UPS agrees to pay the EPA $5.3 million and fix hazardous waste violations at 1,160 locations
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Biden is trying to drive down gas prices ahead of tough midterms: ‘They’re not falling fast enough’
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BMW is investing $1 billion to pivot its massive South Carolina plant to EVs and it’s throwing in $700 million for an electric-battery plant
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