Fortune - 04.2020

Burying CO 2 under fields like this one, in West Texas,

could allow Big Oil to sell “carbon neutral” petroleum.

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Features April 2020

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Putting the Money Squeeze on Fossil Fuels

How banks, asset managers, and insurance firms are driving change—

and why they need to move faster. BY BILL MCKIBBEN

Business Faces the Climate Crisis

The challenges are daunting. But if companies tackle one unmet need

at a time, the possibilities for progress are endless. BY BRIAN O’KEEFE

Vicious (Re)Cycle

The need for plastic recycling is more acute than ever. But the industry

handling all that waste is on the verge of collapse. BY VIVIENNE WALT

Big Oil’s Hail Mary

Companies are betting on tech that sucks CO 2 from the air. But can it

scale up in time to help a polluting industry remake itself? BY JEFFREY BALL

PLUS: Sci-fi tech tackles climate change. BY JENNIFER ALSEVER

Projecting the Cost of Climate Change

As the planet continues to heat up, rising temperatures will have pro-

found effects on the global economy. BY BRIAN O’KEEFE & NICOLAS RAPP

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Inside Xerox’s

Audacious Bid

to Buy HP

Two 20th-century

tech giants are duking

it out in a hostile takeover

battle, with the future

of a $200 billion

industry at stake.

BY SHAWN TULLY

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Garmin Goes

the Distance

Far from Silicon Valley,

the gadget maker

focused on its expertise

in GPS technology—

and reversed an

onslaught from the

likes of Apple and

Google. For now.

BY DANIELLE ABRIL

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The Greatest

Designs of

Modern Times

The products that

have made our lives

simpler, better, and

yes, more stylish.

BY DANIEL BENTLEY

SPECIAL REPORT A PLANET IN CRISIS

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PHOTOGRAPH BY BENJAMIN RASMUSSEN

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