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Over the past few years, Nike has talked a good game about plans to shrink its carbon footprint, and @ProPublica has put in the hard yards to keep the mega brand honest. Most recently, reporter Rob Davis has zeroed in on private jet usage. His latest report shows that, rather than becoming more transparent, Nike is taking steps to make tracking execs’ plane usage harder.

https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-just-made-it-harder-to-track-executives-use-of-private-jets

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We Reported on Nike’s Extensive Use of Private Jets. The Company Just Made It Harder to Track Them.

Since our story, the company has added its planes to a popular Federal Aviation Administration program that makes it harder to see where they’re going.

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