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Environmental Groups Accuse Amazon of 'Distorting the Truth' in Latest Clean-Energy Claim
An anonymous reader shares a report: On Wednesday, Amazon claimed that it reached its goal of sourcing all its power from clean energy sources in the past year. If taken at face value, the announcement would mean it hit the milestone seven years ahead of schedule, which would be a monumental achieve...
But environmental experts speaking to The New York Times, including a group of concerned Amazon employees, warn that the company is " misleading the public by distorting the truth." The company's claim of achieving 100 percent clean electricity is based in part on billion-dollar investments in over 500 solar and wind initiatives. The company's logic is that the energy these projects generate equals the electricity its data centers consume -- ergo, even Steven.
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