Environment Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Cupertino City Counsel considers environmental impact of Apple campus

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 8th, 2011)

The City of Cupertino is holding a public meeting to discuss the environmental impact of Apple's new campus. This meeting is procedural as Cupertino Mayor Gilbert Wong has already said there's no way the city will reject Apple's plan. Though this meeting won't throw a monkey wrench into ...

Chinese groups slam Apple for environmental policies

by Mel Martin (Jan 20th, 2011)

Ouch. The Associated Press is reporting that three dozen environmental groups have jointly issued a report called "The Other Side of Apple," which accuses the company of ignoring their concerns about health and safety issues at Chinese manufacturing facilities. These plants manufacture components ...

Apple Stores certified by US Green Building Council...barely

by Dave Caolo (Jan 10th, 2011)

While Apple has made great gains in the environmental friendliness of its products, manufacturing and facilities, the U.S. Green Building Council (GBC), a "non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation," has identified its retail stores as ...

MobileMe may be Apple's least "green" product, packaging-wise

by Chris Rawson (Oct 29th, 2010)

When I purchased my MacBook Pro in early 2008, I threw down US$69 for a .Mac (now known as MobileMe) membership. I expected to get an email confirmation of my .Mac order (which I did), followed shortly by another email with an activation code. Instead, I received the hot mess you see in the pic ...

Should the ESRB be on the App Store?

by Mike Schramm (Apr 10th, 2010)

Here's an interesting topic of discussion from Slide to Play: Now that Apple seems to be going all-in on gaming with its Game Center app, should the Entertainment Software Ratings Board start looking at App Store games? The ESRB is the self-regulatory industry group that's responsible for ...

Minutes from Apple's shareholder meeting

by Mike Schramm (Feb 26th, 2010)

Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog has some unofficial minutes from this week's Apple shareholder meeting -- while press weren't actually allowed inside the event (which featured Apple's board, including Al Gore, Steve Jobs, and new co-lead director Andrea Jung), that didn't stop an anonymous shareholder from ...

Apple's Mac mini tops chart of 'green' computers

by Steven Sande (Nov 27th, 2009)

The sust-it website, which provides rankings of energy usage and annual energy cost for thousands of appliances, home entertainment devices, and computers, has announced that Apple's Mac mini fills the top four spots for the most efficient desktop computer in their latest listing. The 2.0 GHz ...

Greenpeace praises Apple's US Chamber of Commerce exit

by Ken Ray (Oct 9th, 2009)

Greenpeace has decided they'll get more attention from praising Apple than by trying to bury it. The environmental organization is singing hosannas and heysannas to the Cupertino-company for taking a green stand and resigning from the US Chamber of Commerce. Apple walked away from the ...

Apple quits the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over opposition to EPA

by Dave Caolo (Oct 6th, 2009)

Just 3 years ago, Apple was targeted by Greenpeace as being less environmentally friendly than they could be. Greenpeace even created a mock Apple website in an effort to goad them into action. Several months later, Apple earned a silver in environmental evaluation (that rating has since turned ...

Apple updates green website

by Mike Schramm (Sep 25th, 2009)

Macworld has spotted a new page over on Apple's website highlighting their dedication to making their products as environmentally healthy as possible. We've seen this pitch from Apple within the past few years -- they've recently slimmed down their packaging and started using recyclable materials in ...

Dell cites Apple's 'green' claims in Better Business Bureau complaint

by Robert Palmer (Jun 19th, 2009)

In a display of environmental posturing on both sides, Dell lodged a complaint with the advertising industry's self-governing oversight board: The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (NAD). The claim? When Apple says it has the "world's greenest family of ...

A nice way to spend Earth Day

by Mel Martin (Apr 22nd, 2009)

It's a bit hot today in Arizona so I stayed in for Earth Day -- I cut the air conditioning and ran the ceiling fans -- and spent part of this day looking at GreenSpot, [App Store link] an iPhone/ iPod touch app that keeps you up to date on all things environmental. It includes tips, podcasts, and ...

Dell comments on Apple's green commitment, TUAW translates from PR-speak to English

by Robert Palmer (Dec 20th, 2008)

Dell executive Bob Pearson decided to comment on Apple's "green" ad campaign. It was hard to understand. We were confused. Fortunately, Robert was nice enough to translate. The original post, on Dell's site, is here. "Several Dell folks were surprised and perplexed to see Apple's new 'green' MacBook ...

Apple's new "green" notebook ad

by Dave Caolo (Nov 25th, 2008)

Apple aired a new television ad here in the US earlier tonight. It touts the MacBook's low power consumption, recyclable enclosure and lack of some of the toxins present in other computers. Activist group Greenpeace has been pressuring Apple to adopt more environmentally-friendly production methods ...

Apple's System Preference icon goes "Green"

by Cory Bohon (Oct 21st, 2008)

With the introduction of EPEAT Gold rated MacBooks and MacBook Pros last week, Apple has definitely been warming up to the environmental movement lately. So, it was only fitting that they would change a small part of System Preferences to reflect the EPEAT rating. That's right, the Energy Saver ...