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Apple suppliers more than doubled clean power use over the last year

Thursday, April 14, 2022 11:07 am7 Comments

Apple today announced that its suppliers more than doubled their use of clean power over the last year, with over 10 gigawatts operational…

Apple wins United Nations Climate Action Award for use of 100% renewable energy

Friday, September 27, 2019 10:25 amFriday, September 27, 20193 Comments

On Thursday, ground-breaking projects from around the world were announced as winners of the 2019 United Nations Global Climate Action Award…

Apple leads the U.S. in solar

Thursday, July 25, 2019 8:33 am13 Comments

U.S. businesses are increasingly turning to solar energy as a cost-effective means of powering their operations…

Apple and other large tech firms can help power the switch to renewable energy

Monday, December 31, 2018 11:15 amMonday, December 31, 201832 Comments

Apple’s entire worldwide operation runs on 100 percent renewable energy…

Apple now globally powered by 100 percent renewable energy

Monday, April 9, 2018 4:50 pmMonday, April 9, 201828 Comments

Apple today announced its global facilities are powered with 100 percent clean energy..

Greenpeace gives Apple a B- grade in its ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 10:29 amWednesday, October 18, 20179 Comments

Greenpeace spent the last two years looking at the sector from top to bottom, evaluating the efforts of 17 of the largest smartphone, tablet, and PC producers…

Apple to stick with environmental pledges despite President Trump’s gutting of Obama’s climate change orders

Thursday, March 30, 2017 2:49 pmWednesday, May 31, 201768 Comments

Many of America’s biggest corporations including Apple Inc. are sticking by their pledges to fight climate change even as President Donald Trump guts his predecessor’s environmental policies…

State-of-the-art floating solar island brings Apple’s clean energy program to Japan

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 11:37 am13 Comments

Component supplier Ibiden is the first company in Japan to pledge it will power all of its Apple manufacturing with…

NV Energy announces solar agreement with Apple in Nevada

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 3:27 pmWednesday, January 25, 201725 Comments

NV Energy and Apple announced today they have reached an agreement to build 200 megawatts of additional solar energy in Nevada…

Greenpeace: Apple again the world’s most environmentally friendly tech company

Tuesday, January 10, 2017 9:45 amTuesday, January 10, 201711 Comments

Greenpeace has described Apple as the most environmentally friendly tech company…

Apple’s secret solar plant in Arizona could supply 12,500 homes with power

Wednesday, September 21, 2016 12:01 pmWednesday, September 21, 20166 Comments

Apple Inc. has built a 300-acre solar power plant in Florence to make up for the electricity used in its Mesa data center…

Apple becomes a green energy supplier

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 11:38 am2 Comments

The words are stenciled on the front of the Apple Store, a glass box sandwiched between a nondescript…

Apple Energy gets federal approval to sell power

Thursday, August 4, 2016 3:29 pmThursday, August 4, 201616 Comments

Apple Inc., which spent $850 million last year on a 130-megawatt solar farm near San Francisco, can begin selling power…

Apple VP Jackson visits ‘solar mamas’ in Rajasthan

Thursday, May 19, 2016 11:28 amThursday, May 19, 20162 Comments

While Apple CEO Tim Cook was busy revealing his business plans in India, a top Apple executive was in Rajasthan…

Apple Retail Stores to transition from plastic to paper bags

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 4:27 pmTuesday, April 5, 201645 Comments

Apple looks to be bringing its environmental focus to its retail stores…

Apple invents method to integrate solar power cells into devices

Thursday, July 16, 2015 10:06 am8 Comments

Apple has a new invention that could use solar cells integrated into…

Apple’s strong commitment to the environment sets a powerful example for other companies

Friday, May 15, 2015 2:01 pmFriday, May 15, 20156 Comments

It’s easy to be cynical about big companies’ claims that they cherish the environment…

Greenpeace: Apple is tech’s greenest

Friday, May 15, 2015 12:02 pmFriday, May 15, 201513 Comments

Some companies went fully green, including Apple who received top marks…

Why Apple is building solar farms in China

Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:28 amThursday, April 23, 201531 Comments

Apple just agreed to back two large solar farms in China…

Boston parks will soon let you charge your iPhone from solar-powered ‘Soofa’ benches

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 1:01 pmTuesday, July 1, 20147 Comments

The old familiar park bench is great for relaxing…

Apple patents solar panels integrated into flexible multitouch displays

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:30 am5 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple…

Greenpeace praises Apple for reducing use of conflict minerals

Thursday, February 13, 2014 2:44 pmThursday, February 13, 201415 Comments

Apple released its annual supplier responsibility report Thursday…

Apple now gets 75 percent of its total power needs from renewable energy

Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:08 pmTuesday, July 2, 201325 Comments

Apple has announced that they are currently on track toward achieving an ambitious goal…

Apple patent for flexible display slap bracelet ‘iWatch’ could fire up stock again

Friday, February 22, 2013 4:01 pmFriday, February 22, 201319 Comments

Morgan Stanley estimate that iWatch may add about $2.50 to $4.00 per share…

Apple files another patent application for solar-paneled iPhones, iPods, and iPads

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 2:35 pm4 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark office published a patent application…

Greenpeace: Apple’s clean energy plans still cloudy despite coal-free pledge

Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:13 pmThursday, July 12, 201225 Comments

pple’s clean energy policies have significantly improved…

Apple wins their sixth solar power patent, anti-theft tech patent

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:33 pmTuesday, July 10, 20126 Comments

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 23 newly granted patents…

Greenpeacers arrested for barricading themselves in giant ‘iPod’ at Apple HQ

Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:34 pm69 Comments

Two Greenpeace activists were arrested outside of Apple’s headquarters…

Greenpeace projects text messages, photos onto Apple’s Cupertino headquarters in ‘Clean Our Cloud’ protest

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 4:36 pmTuesday, May 15, 201234 Comments

Greenpeace activists projected Facebook posts, tweets, and photos onto Apple’s Cupertino headquarters….

Apple rejects Greenpeace claims after group stages protest on roof of Apple’s European HQ in Ireland

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:47 amWednesday, April 18, 201225 Comments

Apple has rejected Greenpeace’s claims that it is not focused on renewables…

Apple gets more of its power from coal than any other large tech company – for now

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 1:01 pmTuesday, April 17, 201283 Comments

The world’s tech leaders all need large amounts of electricity to drive…

Apple’s Mothership campus solar roof will be among biggest in U.S.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 4:16 pm6 Comments

With a building as large as Apple’s, that puts it in the top corporate solar installations in the world…

Apple revealed as owner of iPodSolar.com

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:24 am5 Comments

A recent change to the WHOIS registry for the domain name iPodSolar.com…

Apple granted key patents related to Multi-Touch, solar, iOS camera, and more

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:32 pmTuesday, August 23, 20114 Comments

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 16 newly granted patents…

Bill Gates: ‘Cute’ tech won’t solve planet’s energy woes

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 12:49 pmTuesday, May 3, 2011106 Comments

Attaching solar panels to roofs, building windmills in backyards or deploying other small-scale energy tech…

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