Amazon on Thursday announced the first companies to receive money from a $2 billion venture capital fund it formed to help combat climate change.
Axios Re:Cap digs into how Amazon hopes the fund will help achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2040, and whether the plan is more substance than spin, with Matt Peterson, Amazon's director of new initiatives and corporate development.
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The U.S. and allied countries are "working around the clock" to evacuate people from Afghanistan ahead of next week's scheduled full United States military withdrawal from the country, per the New York Times.
The big picture: President Biden said Tuesday that over 70,000 people had been evacuated since the airlift began on Aug. 14 and that the U.S. and its allies were on pace to pull out from Afghanistan by the deadline. He's suggested that U.S. troops may remain beyond Aug. 31 to continue to help in evacuation efforts.
Members of Politico's newsroom are actively mounting an effort to unionize with the NewsGuild, sources tell Axios.
Why it matters: Politico's newsroom is one of the largest newsrooms to have resisted organizing efforts in the past. A successful unionization drive would be a major win for newsroom labor groups.
President Joe Biden will announce Friday that he's nominating Rufus Gifford, former ambassador to Denmark, as his chief of protocol at the State Department, a person familiar with the matter tells Axios.
Why it matters: The position, which holds an ambassadorial rank, will mark Biden’s first ambassador announcement outside of the career foreign service, with more names expected as early as next week.
Airbnb and DoorDash plan to go public in the next few weeks, capping off a very busy year for IPOs.
What's next: You ain't seen nothing yet.
