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Memo to Google: Coal is not green
Find a new source of power, dudes |
Joseph Romm |
26 Jun 2007 |
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| Google got a lot of great press for its new plan to "voluntarily cut or offset all its greenhouse emissions by the end of the year." But was it all deserved? The Boston Globe reported the story as "Google aims to go carbon-neutral by end 2007. " The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) reprinted the story, as did Greenwire and others. Buried in the story was this gem: Separately, Google is planning to spend $600 million t ... |
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| Topics: business, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations, greenwashing, jackassery (all these topics) |
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