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posted by martyb on Saturday January 18 2020, @03:00PM   Printer-friendly

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it aims to:

By 2030 Microsoft will be carbon negative, and by 2050 Microsoft will remove from the environment all the carbon the company has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since it was founded in 1975.

Further coverage: from The Verge, BBC, CBC
"direct emissions" but those they may have caused. If they can achieve it though, it will be a positive step.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MostCynical on Sunday January 19 2020, @12:03AM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Sunday January 19 2020, @12:03AM (#945136) Journal

    Wonder what the carbon cost of winding up a company the size of Msoft would be.. Probably just lawyers and paper..

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