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Apple Issues $1 Billion Green Bond After Trump's Paris Climate Exit (reuters.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple offered a $1 billion bond dedicated to financing clean energy and environmental projects on Tuesday, the first corporate green bond offered since President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement. The offering comes over a year after Apple issued its first green bond of $1.5 billion -- the largest issued by a U.S. corporation -- as a response to the 2015 Paris agreement. Apple said its second green bond is meant to show that businesses are still committed to the goals of the 194-nation accord. "Leadership from the business community is essential to address the threat of climate change and protect our shared planet," said Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives.

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  1. Re:Ah, the famed "idiot tax" by Ichijo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Let the idiotic left pay for this worthless garbage while allowing the right to prosper.

    That's funny because for the most part (Texas being the exception), red states are financially supported by the blue ones.

    But you're right about the "idiotic left." The left are idiots for giving welfare to the red states. It's time to cut the red states off and let them try to support themselves financially. Self-reliance is still a conservative value, isn't it?

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