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Amazon is drawing sharp criticism after urging shareholders to block a proposal demanding clearer disclosure of the true environmental cost of its sprawling data center empire, a stance critics say reeks of calculated opacity. As reported by The Register, the company insists its current reporting is sufficient, but investors pushing for transparency argue that’s precisely the problem: the numbers are too vague to verify whether its widely promoted climate pledges hold up under scrutiny. With Amazon Web Services fueling explosive growth in energy-hungry AI and cloud infrastructure, skeptics accuse Amazon of hiding behind selective disclosures and feel-good sustainability messaging while its real carbon footprint quietly balloons. The clash underscores a growing suspicion that Big Tech’s green promises may be less about accountability and more about controlling the narrative before the full environmental cost becomes impossible to ignore.
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