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Retina MacBook Pro meets EPEAT standards

by Steven Sande (Oct 15th, 2012)

Back in July 2012, Apple removed the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) green certification from its products, resulting in a flurry of excitement when school systems and governmental agencies threatened to drop Apple products from their "approved to buy" lists. About a ...

How the new MacBook Pros got EPEAT Gold rating

by Steven Sande (Jul 16th, 2012)

Apple's recent relationship with the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) environmental rating is getting even more interesting. First, we reported on Apple dropping its entire product line from the program upon realizing that the new Retina display MacBook Pro models ...

Daily Update for July 16, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 16th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Daily Update for July 13, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 13th, 2012)

Apple reverses course on EPEAT environmental standard, eligible products once again included

by Michael Rose (Jul 13th, 2012)

Apple has posted a letter from retiring senior VP of hardware engineering Bob Mansfield to its website, walking back the company's abandonment of the EPEAT certification for its eligible products. Per the letter: We've recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to ...

Daily Update for July 11, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 11th, 2012)

Apple responds to EPEAT move

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 11th, 2012)

Apple responded to the controversy surrounding its request to remove its products from the EPEAT green electronics registry. In a statement provided to The Loop, Apple representative Kristin Huguet confirmed the Cupertino company's commitment to the highest environmental standards and pointed ...

Daily Update for July 10, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 10th, 2012)

City of San Francisco stops buying Macs without EPEAT certification

by Steven Sande (Jul 10th, 2012)

Yesterday TUAW reported on Apple's withdrawal from the EPEAT green electronics registry, along with a note that federal, state, and local governments might balk at buying Macs as a result. The City of San Francisco, CA has announced that letters will be sent to all 50 city agencies over the next ...

Apple removes EPEAT green certification, could lose government customers

by Steven Sande (Jul 9th, 2012)

Apple has done an increasingly good job of creating environmentally-friendly products, but the company did something the other day that probably has both environmentalists and some customers scratching their heads. The company has removed the EPEAT green electronics certification from its ...

Apple earns a silver in environmental evaluation

by Brian Liloia (Aug 20th, 2007)

Recently, Apple has been the target of much environmental criticism, especially from Greenpeace, and a recent EPEAT survey reinforces some of that negativity regarding the company's lack of environmental attention. EPEAT is a government operation created to approve computers before they can be ...