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AMAZON’S GROWING TIES TO OIL INDUSTRY IRKS SOME EMPLOYEES

Amazon is getting cozy with the oil industry — and some employees aren’t happy about it.

The online shopping giant, which already works with BP and Shell, has been trying to woo more oil and gas companies to use its technology to help them find drillable oil faster, angering workers who have been pushing Amazon to do more to combat climate change.

The employees say the company should drop its work with the industry entirely,

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