http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/groups.take.sides.in.row.over.environmental.laws/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/app1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Both Greenpeace and the US Secretary of Energy are welcoming an Apple decision to abandon the US Chamber of Commerce. The former's toxics campaigner, Casey Harrell, on Thursday issued a statement which applauded Apple for confronting the Chamber over its opposition to mandatory limits on greenhouse gases. Apple is the first technology company to have removed itself from the Chamber over the issue... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/groups.take.sides.in.row.over.environmental.laws/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/company.active.on.toxins.groups.say/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Two environmental advocacy groups have praised Apple in a joint report, newly distributed to the media. ChemSec and Clean Production Action claim that Apple is one of the more respectable companies in eliminating bromine and chlorine from its products, through an "innovative program that restricts the use of nearly all bromine and chlorine compounds across all their product lines," the groups say... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/company.active.on.toxins.groups.say/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/chamber.shunned.for.opposing.greenhouse.gas.limits/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/greenapple.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has sent a letter of resignation (PDF) to the US Chamber of Commerce over a disagreement involving proposed environmental legislation, the New York Times reports. Chamber president and chief executive Thomas J. Donohue recently voiced opposition to expanded EPA policies aimed at greenhouse gas emissions.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/chamber.shunned.for.opposing.greenhouse.gas.limits/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/dell.lg.lenovo.suffer.criticisms/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/greenguide.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Activist group Greenpeace has released a new edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics, which ranks major high-tech corporations in terms of their alleged environmental friendliness. Among the companies favored by Greenpeace's press efforts is Apple, which the group notes recently disclosed its carbon emissions. Apple has risen in rankings from 11th to 9th, aided not by the disclosure but by b... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/dell.lg.lenovo.suffer.criticisms/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/group.suggests.greenpeace.isnt.the.only.watchdog/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A California-based nonprofit, As You Sow, claims it has been a significant influence in Apple's latest campaign to develop environmentally-conscious practices. Although Greenpeace typically gets the first mention amongst organizations pushing companies to improve their methods, As You Sow suggests it directly engaged the Mac maker to disclose carbon footprint data.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/group.suggests.greenpeace.isnt.the.only.watchdog/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/16/environmental.organization.claims.health.threat/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/iphone3gs-black2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's latest iPhone, the 3GS, ranks almost squarely in the middle of smartphones in terms of radiation output, a non-profit activist organization says. The Environmental Working Group notes that according to compiled data, the 3GS produces approximately 1.19W/kg of radiation. The figure is substantially lower than the worst-case examples, the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the Kyocera Jax S1300, whic... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/16/environmental.organization.claims.health.threat/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/samsung.on.green.tech/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/flashsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As part of Samsung's initiative to promote environmentally-friendly efforts, the company has highlighted the energy efficiency of current SSD storage and DDR3 memory components. The use of higher-density DDR3 memory is said to reduce power consumption by up to 70 percent compared to DDR2 modules. The power savings is attributed to lower voltage requirements, as low as 1.35 volts, and the energy-ef... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/samsung.on.green.tech/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/24/apple.political.persuasion/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/congress-elec.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple spent $390,000 in lobbying the US government during the second quarter of 2009, documents from the House of Representatives show. The sum is a $50,000 increase over the first quarter, and came despite slowing Mac and iPod sales. Apple's attempts to privately influence the government are recorded as connected to stimulus funding -- for educational technology, and increasing broadband penetr... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/24/apple.political.persuasion/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/01/greenpeace.attacks.pcs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/dellvostro1220.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Large PC builders are dragging their feet when it comes to environmental promises, claims Greenpeace. The activist group has once again updated its Guide to Greener Electronics, which assigns relative rankings to major high-tech corporations. A new development is the assignment of "penalty points" to major PC builders, including HP, Dell and Lenovo. The companies have delayed plans to strip PVC... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/01/greenpeace.attacks.pcs/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/22/apple.vs.dell.ruling/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/macbookair-green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has been both vindicated and condemned in an advertising dispute with Dell, reports say. The latter company earlier filed a complaint with the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, accusing Apple of potentially misleading the public by claiming its unibody MacBooks are the "greenest" notebooks on the market. Dell has asserted that its notebooks also meet ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/22/apple.vs.dell.ruling/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT