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This Amazon Employee Got Paid In Stock. Now She's Using It To Push The Company On Climate

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People stand in the lobby for Amazon offices Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in New York. Twenty-eight employees at Amazon have filed an activist shareholder proposal asking the company to take a stronger stance on climate change. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
People stand in the lobby for Amazon offices Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in New York. Twenty-eight employees at Amazon have filed an activist shareholder proposal asking the company to take a stronger stance on climate change. (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Twenty-eight employees at Amazon have filed an activist shareholder proposal asking Amazon to take a stronger stance on climate change. Over the weekend, the number of employees supporting their initiative grew to more than 6,000.

Here & Now's Lisa Mullins talks with Maren Costa, a principal designer at Amazon and one of the employees pushing for Amazon to adopt a more aggressive strategy against climate change.

This segment aired on April 15, 2019.

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