treehugger.com - 7/2/2009
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Carbon offsets have their place in the scheme of reducing carbon footprints of energy intensive businesses. But they shouldn't be used instead of actual reduction of carbon emissions, especially when it comes to data centers that need to be made radically more energy ...
ycorpblog.com - 7/1/2009
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Serving up greener data centers Posted June 30th,
2009 at 10:54 am by David Filo , Chief...
Yahoo Number of Comments 4 Comments / Filed in: Video , Yahoo! For Good This morning, at a press conference in Buffalo, New York, with New York Governor David ...
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ecogeek.org - 7/6/2009
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You're missing the point. The power that is
generated by Niagara is already being used. Just because...
Yahoo! builds a facility right next to the hydroplant doesn't mean that they are exclusively buying their power from Niagara (and even if they were, ...
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Yahoo Data Center Will Be Powered By Niagara Falls
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Eco-Beat, 7/2
Green Daily —
... Green in a Flash:
Is the McMansion dead? Or is it just hibernating?
Yahoo! is investing in green data centers and renewable energy.
Is "LEED certified" the latest victim of the greenwashing movement?
Eco-Beat, 7/2 originally appeared on Green Daily on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST 0. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | ...
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