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In search of a greener cloud: Google vs. Microsoft

Feature story | October 10, 2012 at 20:38

Microsoft wants the world to think it has its groove back – that it’s moved beyond the ignominy of the Mac vs. PC Apple ads, Windows 95 and Clippy, the helpful mascot everyone loved so much. Microsoft is looking to the cloud to change its...

Rainbow Warrior kick-starts Greenpeace Asian Energy Revolution Tour in Hong Kong

Press release | October 9, 2005 at 0:00

Greenpeace called for an Asian clean energy revolution today at the launch of its upcoming ship tour aboard its flagship, the Rainbow Warrior. The environmental group said urgent action was needed to tackle global warming.

Stop climate killing coal plants in Thailand

Press release | December 7, 2005 at 0:00

With its flagship the Rainbow Warrior looking on, Greenpeace activists today climbed the loading crane of the BLCP coal plant at Map Ta Phut in Thailand and unfurled banners demanding the plant's immediate closure, calling on the Thai government...

Greenpeace response to the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh:

Press release | September 26, 2009 at 0:35

Greenpeace today called on leaders of the industrialised world to match rhetoric on climate change with action as the world counts down to the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December.

Energy bias marginalising Japan’s future

Blog entry by Gyorgy Dallos | October 17, 2012

Japan is considering a landmark change to its energy policy, and like any major change it is one that brings with it great challenge and opportunity. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that in this moment of progressive...

Google grants over $2 million for energy policy reform

Blog entry by David Pomerantz | January 15, 2013 2 comments

Google has begun 2013 with announcements of two significant investments to advance the future of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States. Marking a significant new milestone in its clean energy advocacy efforts,...

Are Tech Companies Greenwashers?

Blog entry by Jodie Van Horn | May 3, 2011

A journalist recently pointed out that if the tech sector were to adopt a color it would be green. He's right: the tech sector has made sustainability one of its main talking points. And you would think that the desire to geek out on...

Google Ups the Ante on Clean Energy Lobbying

Blog entry by Jodie Van Horn | March 10, 2011 3 comments

Today Google announced that it is launching a lobbying campaign specifically to take aim at clean energy. Though Google had record 2010 lobbying expenditures, they perhaps have not yet paid off for green technology or renewable energy...

Does Apple’s commitment to a 'coal free' iCloud have a passport?

Blog entry by David Pomerantz | December 18, 2012 3 comments

Apple promised in May – thanks in part to pressure from its customers and Greenpeace supporters – that all of its data centres would become “coal-free” and powered by 100% renewable energy. However, rumours are circulating about a...

Will Apple bet on renewable energy for its new Nevada data centre?

Blog entry by David Pomerantz | June 27, 2012 2 comments

The iCloud just keeps on growing. Apple announced yesterday that it will build its next data centre in Reno, NV in the United States. This latest facility joins Apple’s initial three data centres in California, North Carolina and...

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