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Google Cuts Carbon Footprint But Funds Climate Change Deniers
2013-08-15 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Google`s self-confessed obsession with building energy efficient data centers and buying renewable energy has paid off. The search engine giant announced Tuesday that it reduced its carbon footprint by nine percent in 2012. But its recent funding of right-wing climate deniers has undermined its reputation as a green corporation. Jolanka Nickerman, Google`s "Carbon Czarina," blogs that in 2012 Google emitted 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, before purchasing high-quality carbon offsets...
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