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Data centers are what make the internet possible.
A data center houses all the computer equipment necessary for you to visit a website, relay information as you surf the Internet, talk on your cell phone and store billions of websites themselves and a whole lot more.
What does this have to do with the environment? A LOT!
Data [...]

photo credit: thingermejigThe definition of sustainable development is a broad concept that implements meeting the economic, environmental, and sociopolitical needs of the present generation without endangering future generations. In the workforce companies have personal sustainability projects which brings the definition of sustainable development down to a personal level. Recycling cardboard boxes, paper, aluminum cans, [...]

Google’s energy team is dicussing ways that we could reduce our fossil feul use by the year 2030. The team led by Jeffery Greenblatt has developed a proposal that would wean us off of coal and oil for electrical generation and reduces car dependence on oil by 40%.
The Clean Energy 2030 proposal is to stimulate [...]

Did you notice the ads after last night’s presidential debate?
ABC had Chevron. CBS had Exxon. CNN had the coal lobby. But you know what happened last week? ABC refused to run our Repower America ad — the ad that takes on this same oil and coal lobby.
I sent a letter asking ABC [...]

A crucial part of being human is to protect our surroundings, not only for ourselves but for the people around us and for future generations. One of the greatest concerns that we have for our environment and our future generations is global warming. Global warming is a hot topic not only for environmentalists but also [...]