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by bbernard 3297 days ago
Big respect for Google!

Creating that site is a really cool move, and it will encourage other people to do the same.

I especially like the fact that they'll mount sensors for air quality on Street View cars. And the fact that they're using almost 100% renewable energy.

This is what I call leading by example.

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> I especially like the fact that they'll mount sensors for air quality on Street View cars

There was a really good article on Ars about using this to detect natural gas leaks just a couple weeks ago:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/natural-gas-is-leaki...

Lots of companies have been publishing sustainability reports for years now (our first was published in 2010) -- it's not unique to Google. We're on track to hit 100% renewable by 2025. Here's our site: https://www.bloomberg.com/bcause/planet/