Neowin News Feed for: Greenpeace

Your demand for AI is set to cause massive emissions in chip manufacturing industry

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:12:01 +0000

By 2030, the AI chip manufacturing sector is going to see a massive rise in its emissions, a Greenpeace report says. It's calling on firms to clean up their acts. Read more...

Greenpeace invades Apple HQ

Tyler Holman — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:32:12 +0000

Two Greenpeace demonstrators dressed as iPhones ended up getting arrested in front of Apple's Cupertino HQ after projecting anti-Apple messages and climbing into a 'pod' bearing the Apple logo. Read more...

Greenpeace gets very public with protest of Microsoft

John Callaham — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:41:16 +0000

Greenpeace members placed an 800 square foot banner on the side of Amazon's office building in Seattle today to protest Amazon and Microsoft's energy policies for running cloud servers. Read more...

Greenpeace blasts Microsoft and Apple over 'dirty' cloud energy

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:37:04 +0000

Greenpeace has issued a new report that is critical of Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and others for the types of energy used to power their various cloud server services. Read more...

HP tops Greenpeace electronics rankings

Nathan Tsui — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:03:11 +0000

In Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics, HP jumps three spots to take the top ranking for November 2011. Other gainers include Dell and Apple, while RIM debuts at the bottom spot. Read more...

Greenpeace: Apple, Facebook, and Twitter fail at "green" energy

Denis Wong — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:36:21 +0000

Let's be fair to some of the Internet's most recognizable brands - Apple, Facebook, and Twitter have hundreds of millions of users utilizing their services daily. A large userbase does come with a massive footprint.... Read more...

Greenpeace launches anti-Facebook video campaign

Tom Warren — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:50:46 +0000

Earlier this week Greenpeace launched a campaign aimed at stopping Facebook from using coal power in its data centre. Facebook announced in February that it will build a massive data centre in Oregon, U.S to house... Read more...

Greenpeace: Apple sells the greenest electronics

Sam Symons — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:51:56 +0000

Over the past years, Greenpeace hasn't been kind to Apple. It's taken every opportunity to point out the lack of environmental concern by the company, from protesting outside Apple Stores to even setting up a... Read more...

Greenpeace releases latest "Green" Results at CES 2009

Larry Cooney Jr — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:58:12 +0000

At their Press Conference at CES on Friday, January 10th, 2009, Greenpeace released the latest results of their "Green Electronics: the search continues" survey. While "the electronics industry has taken encouraging strides towards increasing... Read more...

Greenpeace Doesn't Like MS or Nintendo

Andrew — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:33:38 +0000

Twisted congratulations to Nintendo for becoming the first company to score zero out of 10 in Greenpeace's environmentally friendly rankings. But hey, don't worry too much Nintendo, because Microsoft isn't far behind. Both companies have... Read more...

Apple being sued based on Greenpeace report

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:40:22 +0000

The Center for Environmental Health on Monday said that it is suing Apple based on the report by environmental group Greenpeace. The report, released earlier Monday, found hazardous materials Apple's iPhone. The Greenpeace tests revealed... Read more...

Greenpeace raises Apple green rating

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:24:50 +0000

In April Greenpeace listed Apple at the bottom of its rankings but now the environmental campaign group has bumped the company ahead of Sony, LG Electronics, Panasonic and HP to tenth place on the 14-company... Read more...

Greenpeace Slams Apple's Ecological Standing

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:12:44 +0000

Greenpeace has slammed Apple, Motorola and others over their environmental policies, while offering some praise to Nokia for its proactive approach to environmental protection. Greenpeace, which publishes the Green Electronics Guide every three months,... Read more...