Emily Cunningham

This is important to unpack because Amazon will often throw around numbers that may seem impressive at the outset, put only because the numbers lack context making them hard to evaluate and easy for Amazon to use in greenwashing (ie justifying that they're doing enough). 2/

"Our sustainability goals lack context. For example, we’ve set a goal of at least 50 solar installations in warehouse facilities by 2020. This represents only 6% of buildings in our global fulfillment network and a fraction of our overall carbon footprint." 4/

Amazon's plans for solar panels don't seem so impressive with more context, am I right? Are they "a lot" given Amazon's carbon emissions? Are they "a lot" if the US has to hit net zero emissions by 2030 for the world to stay within 1.5 ºC warming? https://twitter.com/bradplumer/status/1123272627806789637 … 5/

In fact, Bezos dodged an employee question today asking if he'd "commit to S-Team level goals to decarbonize at the speed consistent with the latest climate science" touting -- you guessed it -- our solar panels: 6/https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1131306952309350400 …

Back to the Vox piece. As evidence Amazon is "doing a lot" they say, "The company has invested in wind power and solar power," and links to a 2017 @drvox. Dave gets into solar and wind projects. Hopefully we can see now that the solar panels aren't "a lot." What about wind? 7/