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How do all our favorite Internet and computing companies, like Google and Apple, stack up when it comes to fighting climate change? You’ll soon find out in the latest release of Greenpeace’s IT ranking system, which it will launch at our Green:Net event. Read more »

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Greenpeace says the iPad — and the cloud computing future it foretells — means bad news for the environment. But coal-powered data centers aren’t the whole story. We say it’s OK to want an iPad. Read more »

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The iPad represents one of a wave of media-consuming mobile devices that increasingly depends on “the cloud” — the Internet and data centers — to deliver hosted services and content, and will help contribute to the growth of energy consumption associated with cloud-computing. Read more »

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The Greenpeace “Guide to Greener Electronics” that I wrote about last week has just been updated and the 14th Edition is now available. What’s changed? Apple has improved its ranking, thanks mainly to removing toxic chemicals from its products. Sony also climbed the rankings, having reported […] Read more »

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Once per quarter, international environmental advocacy agency Greenpeace releases its Guide to Greener Electronics, which ranks gadget and computer makers on their efforts to be more ecologically minded. Last time around, Apple had managed only a ninth place finish in October of last year. For this […] Read more »

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Every year, Greenpeace releases its “Guide to Greener Electronics” — the one released last September was the 13th edition of the publication. I’m a long-time Greenpeace supporter and personal electronics user, yet I’d never even heard of the guide. Have you? If you’re purchasing a computer, […] Read more »

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In the latest example of Apple going green, the technology company has launched a revised and expanded web site, Apple and the Environment. While the company, to date, has largely focused on reporting the environmental impact of its manufacturing processes, the updated site also examines Apple […] Read more »

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July could go down in history as a pivotal month for green consumer products. Less than a week after retail giant Wal-Mart said its suppliers must disclose the environmental impact of their products, electronics heavyweight Samsung Electronics on Monday unveiled a plan to cut its carbon […] Read more »

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Greenpeace released the 12th edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics today (PDF), with Apple falling somewhere between tangerine and burnt orange. For those who take the rating seriously, Apple scored 4.7 out of 10, unchanged from last time, though the company slipped from 10th to […] Read more »

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Greenpeace today released the latest edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics, and once again PC makers were given low marks. The nonprofit organization ranked 18 global PC and mobile manufacturers on their policies and practices related to energy, chemicals and e-waste. On a scale from […] Read more »

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The energy bill passed the House on Friday, but the proposed cap and trade system and new incentives for renewable energy are still a long way from going into law as the Senate needs to pass its own version. As we transition to the next round […] Read more »

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Available today, the iPhone 3G is now available in black at an even lower price of $99.

The new iPhone 3G S is available for pre-order via the online Apple Store in four varieties: 16GB in black or white for $199 and 32GB in black or white for $299. Apple has promised that if you pre-order today, it will be shipped directly to you and you will receive it on June 19th. Read more »

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If you need to collaborate on a document with someone, you can simply email a Word document back and forth, but that can get messy as it’s hard to keep track of the various versions of the document moving around. Or you could use an online […] Read more »

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Greenpeace has been a fly in the ointment of the consumer electronics industry with its Greener Electronics Guide, which has delivered some harsh scores to gadget-makers over the years. Now, the group is tackling the IT industry: Greenpeace says the IT industry has shown “inadequate leadership […] Read more »

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There wasn’t much cash for cleantech in the proposed 2009 federal budget for Canada that was released this week, especially when compared to the lofty goals of the new administration in the neighboring U.S. The Canadian Wind Energy Association says the proposed budget drops support for […] Read more »

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Ultracapacitor Startups to Charge Your Car: While many electric car makers are chasing the better battery, ultracapacitor startups are developing devices that allow for rapid recharge and can survive many charge cycles – VentureBeat. Report: Ocean Power Market to Hit $500M by 2015: Our buddies over […] Read more »

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Consumers may be perceiving Apple as a more ecologically friendly company than they actually are, according to a new report by marketing research firm TDG. Results of a survey of randomly selected participants found that roughly 30% believed Apple was the most environmentally friendly tech brand, […] Read more »

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Greenpeace’s latest appeal for environmental friendliness is pretty sexually explicit, sound-wise — but if your speakers are turned down low, hopefully you won’t have to answer any awkward questions from small people about why these trees are shaking like this. And Shia LeBeouf’s recent troubles made […] Read more »

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