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U.S. companies publicly support climate action, privately fund deniers

September 14, 2016 Leave a Comment

Companies like Pepsi, DuPont, and Google might say that they support climate action, but in reality, they are funding lawmakers opposed to President Obama’s climate agenda, according to a Reuters report released Tuesday morning. Over the last year, more than 150 companies have signed on to the “American Business Act on Climate Pledge,” a commitment created by Obama to … [Read more...]

Microsoft’s sustainability predictions for 2014

January 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

2013 was a busy year for sustainability activities: More companies purchased more green energy, we saw advances in wind and solar penetration and efficiency, "natural capital" became a better defined and more prominent phrase, and environmental reporting continued to spread to more companies. 2013 was a busy year for sustainability activities: More companies purchased more … [Read more...]

Let’s clean up the net

April 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Every day, tonnes of asthma-inducing, climate destroying coal pollution is thrown in the air to keep the internet humming. Tech-giants like Microsoft, Amazon and Apple use coal to power the cloud, which stores our data. Millions of people across the world got Facebook off coal. Now the CEOs of these companies need our help. In the next 48 hours we need to send 100,000 … [Read more...]

Actions speak louder than words in green electonics

October 21, 2011 Leave a Comment

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Greenpeace greener electronic ranking has shown how actions speak louder than words for the electronics industry as Philips and HP introduce new transformative products, but Toshiba and Microsoft fail to act on promises The Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics shows significant separation between companies that are failing to keep their environmental commitments and those … [Read more...]

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