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Outtakes Of Abbey Road Cover Photo To Be Auctioned

Early on August 8, 1969, London police held up the traffic on Abbey Road for 10 minutes so the Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan could shoot the cover for the Beatles' album that shares its name with the street.

He took six photos of the Fab Four crossing the zebra stripes, one of which would later become one of the most famous album covers in rock "n roll history. Now, the entire set of the original frames, including the back cover, is now set to be auctioned by Bloomsbury Auctions on Friday. It is expected to fetch between £50,000 ($78,439) and £70,000 ($110,000).

The auction will also include other rare and famous photos of music icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis and Bob Dylan.

Photos: Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions

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Amazon Greenwashing: How The U.S. Retail Giant Covers Its Carbon Footprint In Spain

An investigation reveals that the company does not own any of the three renewable power plants it claims to operate in Spain — as well as a scheme allowing Amazon to dodge full regulatory oversight of its projects.

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The Amazon AWS solar plant in the municipality of Alcalá de Guadaíra, near Seville.

Dani Domínguez

Updated April 23, 2024 at 3:30 p.m.

MADRID — Elías Bendodo, who was then Minister of the Presidency for the regional government of Andalusia, Spain, wore a reflective vest with the initials "AWS" when he inaugurated the Cabrera Solar photovoltaic plant in June 2021. This plant is located in the municipality of Alcalá de Guadaíra, near Seville.

AWS stands for Amazon Web Services, which is Amazon's cloud services brand. This "Amazon solar plant" — how it was described by the Andalusian government in their press release at the inauguration — has a capacity of 200 MW, and was designed to provide energy to as many as 120,000 households.

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On its official website, the multinational company led by Jeff Bezos features an interactive map titled "Our Renewable Energy Projects Worldwide." In Spain, it counts 45 projects. Most are solar panels installed on the rooftops of Amazon facilities, while 18 projects are more substantial, including solar and wind farms.

Amazon also periodically issues press releases that sound something like this: "Amazon surpasses 1.55 GW of renewable capacity in Spain with two new solar plants in Castilla y León and a new solar roof in Catalonia."

So far, everything appears normal. These are common strategies for any company. However, as La Marea has been able to verify, Amazon does not in fact own at least some of these projects.

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