Greenpeace Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:16:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Greenpeace Is Impressed How Apple Greenifies Itself https://www.greenoptimistic.com/greenpeace-apple-green-20180723/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/greenpeace-apple-green-20180723/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:16:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=66399 Greenpeace, the international environmental advocacy group, has been keeping track of the tech companies’ progress on sustainability for more than a decade. That resulted in an increase of some companies’ efforts and interest in providing a greener future. The first annual “Guide to Greener Electronics” (the name of the report) by Greenpeace was released back […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/greenpeace-apple-green-20180723/feed/ 0 66399 Coal Power Plants in Romania Working Without Environmental Permits https://www.greenoptimistic.com/romania-coal-power-plants-20170908/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/romania-coal-power-plants-20170908/#respond Sat, 09 Sep 2017 09:03:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64189 A Greenpeace report released yesterday morning stated that over 14 Romanian coal-fired plants are currently either operating without environmental permits or are missing important upgrades that would make them less polluting. While the aging technology that is at the core of many power plants found in the European Union produce more than a third of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/romania-coal-power-plants-20170908/feed/ 0 64189 Coal Pollution Directly Related to Premature Death https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-pollution-directly-related-to-premature-death-20130614/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-pollution-directly-related-to-premature-death-20130614/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:06:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38382 Stuttgart University was commissioned by Greenpeace to conduct a study to determine the impacts of Europe’s largest coal power plants. Stuttgart’s scientists were able to estimate the economic and health impact of the continent’s 300 largest coal plants. The experts posited that the largest 300 coal plants cause approximately 22,300 premature deaths a year. Of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-pollution-directly-related-to-premature-death-20130614/feed/ 6 38382 Apple to Build New Solar Powered Data Center in Maiden, NC https://www.greenoptimistic.com/apple-maiden-data-center-solar-power-20111026/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/apple-maiden-data-center-solar-power-20111026/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:59:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20898 A new data center belonging to Apple will be built in Maiden, NC, says GigaOM’s Katie Fehrenbacher, quoting a local newspaper. Nothing fancy so far – they have lots of data centers. The only difference is that Steve Jobs chose this one’s location personally and the center will be powered by solar panels instead of […]

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