Greenpeace Praises Apple for Protecting the Environment

[RaduTyrsina]

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Apple and environmental organization Greenpeace haven’t always gotten along so well, as Cupertino has been accused in the past of using toxic chemicals in its products. Greenpeace has recently released the ‘Clicking Clean’ report, in which the organization referrs to Apple, Google and Facebook as “green energy innovators.†Amazon, eBay and HP, have scored less than 20% in Clean Energy Index. Here’s an excerpt from the report on Apple’s perfect 100% CEI score:

Apple’s aggressive pursuit of its commitment to power the iCloud with 100% renewable energy has given the company the inside track among the IT sector’s leaders in building a green Internet. Apple has made good on its pledge by building the largest privately owned solar farms at its North Carolina data center, working with its utility in Nevada to power its upcoming data center there with solar and geothermal energy, and purchasing wind energy for its Oregon and California data centers. Apple’s commitment to renewable energy has helped set a new bar for the industry, illustrating in very concrete terms that a 100% renewable internet is within its reach, and providing several models of intervention for other companies that want to build a sustainable Internet.

Apple has seriously decreased its carbon footprint, and has established a goal of running all of its data centers on 100% renewable energy. Also, Apple said that 70% of its new 3 million+ square foot ‘iSpaceship’ campus will run on solar and fuel cell energy. It’s great to see that Apple cares for the environment and takes real action, transforming promises into facts.

Source: iPhoneForums