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Amazon says its carbon footprint saw a huge rise last year
9 days ago | By TechRadar
Amazon has revealed its carbon footprint rose 18% last year, hitting around 71.54 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. For reference, this is roughly equivalent to the numbers produced by countries such as Austria and Bangladesh and is a good bit more than the 47.50 million metric tonnes of CO2 produced by the US government last year. According to the company's latest sustainability report , Amazon's 2021 numbers also represent a pretty mammoth increase compared to its pre-pandemic output; up 40% since 2019, when carbon emissions sat at 51.17 million tonnes, but before the pandemic...
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