Friday 16 December 2011

Facebook announced its goal to unfriend coal and run on clean, renewable energy. We did it - thank you!

Hello friends,

After nearly two years of pressure from you, Facebook announced its goal to unfriend coal and run on clean, renewable energy. We did it - thank you!

The company has agreed to work with Greenpeace to promote clean energy, and encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation.

It will also develop programmes to enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions.

You made this possible! It's only with your support that we can change how huge companies like Facebook use energy. If we can make Facebook go green, why stop there?

Please make a donation if you can - with your help, we can build on our success with Facebook and make others switch to clean energy.

The amount of electricity used by major IT companies to power their energy-hungry data centres is set to triple by 2020. So other IT giants like Apple, Microsoft and Twitter need to follow Facebook's lead and drive a green energy revolution in the industry.

It's time to tell these companies they need to move towards clean energy.

Your donation will help us push for an energy revolution, moving us away from dirty fuels like coal towards cleaner, greener energy. Please donate now.

Thanks again for your support!

Jamie Woolley

Greenpeace UK