MacRumors is reporting:
Bloomberg notes that Apple has posted the 2012 update of its environmental policy pages, noting that the company has now achieved 100% renewable energy usage
at all of its data centers. On a worldwide basis, the company's
corporate facilities are now running on 75% renewable energy, up from
35% just two years ago.
Awesome, to say the least. But there is trouble in "carbon footprint land":
Apple estimates
that its carbon footprint for 2012 included 30.9 million metric tons of
greenhouse gas emissions, with 98% of that total directly related to
the life cycles of its products. The total represents a 34% increase
over the company's 2011 estimates,
but Apple notes that recent increases have been driven primarily by
growth in its sales, with emissions per dollar of revenue decreasing by
21.5% from 2008 to 2012.
31 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Not good. Where's the EPA?
