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Nothing ‘virtual’ about climate impact of emails, tweets

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A parallel realm of carbon-polluting activity – ranging from email exchanges to social network chatter to streaming movies on smartphones – has slipped largely unnoticed under the climate change radar

March 18, 2016 — The 10th edition of Earth Hour, organized by the WWF and backed by other NGOs to raise awareness about the threat of climate change, will see landmark monuments – from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State building to Taipei 101 in Taiwan – go dark at 8:30 pm local time.

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Zuckerbergs to donate Facebook fortune to fix world problems

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THE ZUCKERBERGS. Image from Facebook post on Mark Zuckerberg’s page.

MANILA, Philippines (Dec. 2, 2015) — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday, December 2 (Tuesday, December 1 in US time), that he will use the majority of his Facebook shares to help build a better world.

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