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February 2, 2012

Why Google Invests in Clean Energy

Marc Gunther, CleanBiz


The Telegraph

Last year, Google invested more than $915 million in clean energy projects -- solar, wind and transmission.

That's a lot of money, even for Google, which had $38 billion in revenues in 2011. The investments don't appear to be core to the company's mission of organizing information, and they have attracted criticism, as well as some Read Full Article ››


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