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<title>Google grows, Apple reduces US lobbying cash in 2012</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/18/major.tech.companies.wield.influence.on.american.government/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1108/corruption.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google increased the amount it spent on lobbying the US government 90 percent year-over-year in 2012, according to data compiled by Fortune.  The company ended up spending $18.22 million, easily beating out any other American technology firm.  Microsoft, in fact, came in second place with $8.09 million, despite likewise increasing its spending.  Other major tech businesses that funneled more money...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google ups renewable portfolio with $200M on wind</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/13/google.buys.200m.stake.in.west.texas.wind.farm/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358117740_ScreenShot2013-01-13at3.53.14PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Adding to the search giant's existing renewable energy portfolio, Google last week announced a $200 million investment in a wind farm in west Texas. Google's nearly quarter-billion dollar investment in the Spinning Spur Wind Project is the company's eleventh green energy investment since 2010. It is also one of Google's larger renewable energy investments, second only to the $280 million the c...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iFixit casts doubt on EPEAT Gold over Retina MacBook</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/16/ifixit.accuses.epeat.of.greenwashing/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350428814_ScreenShot2012-10-16at7.05.43PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a caustically-worded piece, the CEO of iFixit has decried both the EPEAT environmental certification program and Apple's Retina MacBook Pro in particular, claiming that the former's Gold certification of the latter constitutes "greenwashing," or a form of spin in which deceptive marketing is used to portray a product as environmentally friendly. He claims that EPEAT bent the definitions of its ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iFixit: new iPhones less toxic than previous models</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/03/generally.phones.becoming.less.toxic/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349301139_ScreenShot2012-10-03at5.44.33PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Mobile phones are being built using fewer toxic chemicals than were their predecessors, and Apple's iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, along with many other newer phone models, are among the least toxic to have been released in more than a decade. This according to a new report out from iFixit and HealthyStuff.org. The two sites performed chemical analyses on 36 phones, finding that Apple's two newest mode...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple reveals details of NC data center energy plan</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/21/applying.knowledge.of.cooling.to.buildings/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/apple-maiden2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Some details revealed about how Apple intends to make its Maiden, North Carolina data center almost entirely powered from renewable-energy sources have come to light, showing a combination of solar and fuel-cell technology and practical energy-saving policies. The plans show that the company behind the iMac are also applying some cooling lessons learned from computers to the buildings, such as var...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 02:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parallels 7 updated to support Windows 8, Mountain Lion</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/05/allows.mac.users.to.try.out.both.beta.environments/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/Parallels-Win8-MountainLion-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Cutting-edge users who have wanted to give the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview a tryout, or developers wanting to work with the OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview but don't have a spare machine to use for these still-unstable beta releases can work with them more safely using the newly-updated Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, which now supports running both OSes in virtual machine environments to pro...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Greenpeace blasts iPad, Dell </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/30/group.credits.ipad.with.helping.drive.emissions/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1001/enviro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The activist group Greenpeace has publicly blasted the iPad and Dell over different environmental issues. The organization labels the iPad one of many "quintessential cloud computing devices" that are credited with driving the technology industry's demand for dirty coal power....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Chamber of Commerce chastises Apple over resignation</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/10/06/chamber.says.bill.could.cause.us.job.losses/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/greenapple.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday took a jab at Apple over the company's recent protest resignation from the business group. In a letter to the company's chief executive, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said that Apple's resignation over the Chamber's lack of support for environmental legislation was premature and misguided....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/10/06/chamber.says.bill.could.cause.us.job.losses/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>e-on software previews Vue 7 at Siggraph</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/08/12/new.3d.software.previewed/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/e-on-vue7-12.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[e-on software today is previewed Vue 7 at Siggraph in Los Angeles. Vue is a 3D-environment solution, which creates, animates, renders and integrates natural 3D visuals, working with Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage XSI, Maxon Cinema 4D and Newtek LightWave. Vue 7 will feature a third-generation of Vue's EcoSystem technology (for creating nature-based visuals) and Spectral 2 atmospheric engine. Al...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Greenpeace pans iPhone 3G "not green," like first</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/09/greenpeace.pans.iphone.3g/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/applephones.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Greenpeace is again calling Apple out on its environmental practices, citing that the iPhone 3G uses the same toxic building materials that it found in its breakdown of the original device. Casey Harrell, International Toxics Campaigner for Greenpeace, released a note on Wednesday saying he believes that, while the company has made large strides with reducing hazardous materials in its iMac and po...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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