Apple is the Greenest Tech Giant according to Greenpeace

Internet Companies Might Not Seem like Major Contributors to Pollution but, Greenpeace is Not Letting them Have a Free Ride, in a New Report Showing How Some Companies are Much Cleaner than Others, When it Comes to Energy. For those that Don’t Know, Most Large-Scale Internet Companies, Invest Heavily in Data Centers. These Data Centers Run on Electricity 24/7, Meaning Companies like Google, Oracle and Amazon are Indirectly Pushing the Rate of Pollution. Some Companies Went Fully Green, including Apple, Who Received Top Marks in Greenpeace’s Report but, Others are still Transitioning or, Worse, Haven't Made any Efforts to Acquire Clean Energy. Amazon, Oracle, eBay and HP are Bottom of the List When it Comes to Clean Energy, Scoring between 10 and 25%. eBay is by Far the Worst, Using 51% Natural Gas, 29% Coal and 9% Nuclear, although it is Unclear if eBay Knows Where its Energy Comes from to Power Servers.


Greenpeace is Working Off Murky Information, When it Comes to Amazon, Considering it Doesn't List its Energy Sources. Amazon has Committed to Building its Own Data Centers and Working with Companies like SolarCity and Tesla Energy but, the Numbers Don't Look too Appealing. Microsoft, Facebook and Google Have All Shown Positive Numbers between 39 and 49% Clean Energy, although it Doesn't Come Near Apple’s 100% Clean Energy Commitment. Google and Facebook are Both Committed to Running Data Centers on Clean Energy within the Next 5 Years. Yahoo! is already at 73% and Looks to be the 2nd Company, to Reach the 100% Green Energy Goal. Lets Hope this Greenpeace Report, Brings More Questions as to the Ways Internet Companies Receive Energy, instead of Letting them Get a Free Pass When it Comes to the Environment.




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http://www.itproportal.com/2015/05/13/greenpeace-reveals-most-environmentally-friendly-tech-companies