Yahoo! has committed to going carbon neutral this year, investing in greenhouse gas reduction projects to mitigate their collective carbon emissions. While crunching the numbers, they discovered that their carbon neutrality is equivalent to shutting off the electricity in all San Francisco homes for a month, or pulling nearly 25,000 cars off the road for a year.
The carbon neutral pledge adds to Yahoo!'s other sustainability projects, including Wi-Fi enabled biodiesel shuttles, bike lockers, carpool matching and public transit subsidies. Says "Chief Yahoo" David Filo, "We know carbon neutrality isn’t without controversy. And it’s honestly deserved if companies and individuals don’t first make an effort to find direct ways to reduce their impact. We’ll continue to be vigilant about cutting ours, looking for creative ways to power our facilities, encourage even more employees to seek alternative commutes, and generally inspire Yahoos around the world to think differently about their energy use."
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