“Any company can get in the clean energy business and they could,” Inslee said. “There’s been some modest steps in a couple of these companies, which are welcome, but we need policies to incentivize them and require them to go in that direction … if we’re going to have the change that we need, at the pace that we need, public policy has to be involved.”
“As the world does change and grow, we need to think about using a lot less land, living in more compact circumstances,” said?Chakrabarti, adding that the U.S. has heavily subsidized roads and the oil and gas industry over the years as Americans spread out to the suburbs. This spread caused many Americans to live in isolated bubbles, including the “metal bubbles” of automobiles that “actually separates us in terms of how we think,” said Chakrabarti.
“Do you understand that what we hear in this room … is that in pursuit of profit, Amazon is a willing partner in Trump’s deportation machine which will very likely lead to the deportation of immigrants in Queens, exactly the people that you claim to want as your neighbors,” Lander said.
“In what Netflix calls the era of internet TV, more and more consumers are watching content online, shaking the foundations of the traditional TV industry,” said Tim Westcott, senior principal analyst at IHS. “However, it’s premature to declare that the era of linear TV is already over, and Netflix and Amazon have come hard on the heels of a boom in production of original drama and comedy by the likes of AMC and FX in the US.”
“Instead of a strategic plan to address growth, the Council has proposed to tax only 3% of our city’s largest business, charging them a flat rate per worker they hire, making businesses pay a price for creating jobs,” the letter says. “This is like telling a classroom that the students who do the most homework will be singled out for detention.”
“Amazon’s problems are far deeper than their parsimonious attitude towards local not-for-profits. They just don’t want to engage,” developer and designer Dylan Wilbanks wrote in a comment on a previous GeekWire post.
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“Basic training lasts weeks, but building strong troops takes years. Encouraging healthy lifestyles early in life will help our nation prepare for future challenges,” retired Air Force general Richard Myers said.
“As threats and challenges keep coming our way, SCO members need to maintain close communication and coordination, enhance mutual support, and work for common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security,” the Premier said.
“Amazon is an entrepreneurial company, and being part of Alexa is like being in a startup in a sense,” he said. “It’s a new category, exciting product, and offers some similar challenges of a startup.”
“Google captured meaningful share, yet Amazon’s two-year head start allowed Echo to establish the dominant market position,” noted Josh Lowitz, co-founder of CIRP.