Amazon, News Corp among latest companies to join White House in fighting climate change

Amazon, Verizon and News Corp. are among 73 companies joining a White House climate change initiative on Tuesday, adding to an unprecedented show of support from American businesses for a global agreement. The announcement comes on the second day of the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris, also known as COP21. The companies are the latest to sign the American Business Act on Climate Pledge, which the White House launched in July, urging international governments to reach a strong climate change agreeme...