Coal Giant Duke Energy Powering Apple’s Largest Data Center in the U.S.

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Coal Giant Duke Energy Powering Apple’s Largest Data Center in the U.S.

by The Investigative Newswire on April 24, 2012 · 1 Comment

by Climate Desk You’ve heard about the Foxconn factory in China where your iPad is assembled. But have you ever considered the energy required to store your emails, photos and videos in the cloud? As worldwide demand for [...]

Rewarding Polluters: Energy Stimulus Prevents NEPA Oversight

by The Investigative Newswire on December 2, 2010 · 1 Comment

The administration has awarded more than 179,000 “categorical exclusions” to stimulus projects funded by federal agencies, freeing those projects from review under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. Coal-burning utilities like Westar Energy and Duke Energy, chemical manufacturer DuPont, and ethanol maker Didion Milling are among the firms with histories of serious environmental violations that have won blanket NEPA exemptions.