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Covers:  ESG trends, regulations, pushback and tech-related disruptions
Doesn't Cover: cybersecurity, the defense department
Reporter for @ESGDive, an @industrydive publication. Every path is different. Views my own. (he/him) Send tips to ljohnson@industrydive.com

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Reporter for ESG Dive, an Industry Dive publication. Covering regulations, legislations, standards, tech, and more. Send any ESG-related tips or stories to ljohnson@industrydive.com.

A former sports turned cybersecurity, turned energy and environmental reporter, turned business reporter. Overall, just a reporter who loves a good beat.
Bylines in: Politico, E&E News, Meritalk, SB Nation, Testudo Times, CultureBanx, and more.

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Amazon invests in ecosystem restoration for 1.95M metric tons of removal credits

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This story was originally published on ESG Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily ESG Dive newsletter. Amazon has signed a long-term offtake deal to purchase 1.95 million metric tons of carbon removal credits as part of an investment in an ecosystem restoration project in South Africa, the company said in a Tuesday blog.
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Google’s emissions continue to climb due to AI buildout Original

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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Google released its latest environmental report Tuesday, which found that its overall carbon emissions — which are counted towards its climate targets — increased 18% year-over-year, as its artificial intelligence buildout continues.
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ISS, Glass Lewis score wins against Kansas, Indiana anti-ESG laws

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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Federal judges sided with Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis & Co. in a pair of cases last week challenging state anti-ESG laws that targeted proxy advisers. The nation’s two largest proxy advisory firms had challenged Kansas and Indiana laws as unconstitutional, and federal judges in the cases issued preliminary injunctions halting their implementation.
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Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Yes! I was a general assignment and sports writer and later the sports editor and then editor-in-chief.
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