Microsoft to Buy Alternative Fuels for Alaska Air as Part of Climate Pledge
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) announced a partnership on Thursday in which Microsoft will buy jet fuel made from waste oils to power Alaska flights. Microsoft earlier this year pledged to become "carbon negative" by 2030, and by 2050 hopes to remove all the carbon it has emitted since its founding in 1975. The company will need help to meet that lofty goal, and with commercial airlines responsible for upward of 3% of global carbon emissions, working with an airline is a good way to make a difference.
