Friday, September 17, 2010

Facebook ... unFriend unfriendly Coal

by A Siegel

We all have choices to make in life, some easier than others.

Perhaps to basic MBA penny-pinching, earning dollars off others' lungs through ignoring coal pollution's externalities, or a Corporate culture that remains ignorant of social costs, one of the most popular websites in the globe made the choice to poison all 500,000,000 of its "friends" by being a Friend to unfriendly and polluting Coal-fired electricity.

Facebook recently chose to operate its first data center, located in Prineville, Oregon, US, with energy from Pacific Power, a utility 60% fueled by coal.



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