{"id":10816,"date":"2011-02-08T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T00:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=10816"},"modified":"2018-02-02T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T00:51:09","slug":"greenpeace-urges-facebook-to-unfriend-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2011\/02\/08\/greenpeace-urges-facebook-to-unfriend-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Urges Facebook to “Unfriend Coal”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greenpeace gives Facebook a deadline to clean up its act…on Facebook.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Navajo Generating Station, a coal plant, located near Lake Powell in AZ (Photo: Gretchen Weber)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With its stepped-up “Facebook: Unfriend Coal” campaign<\/a>, Greenpeace is calling on the Palo Alto-based company to become coal-free by 2021, to be transparent about its carbon footprint, and to advocate for clean energy sources at all levels of government. And it wants a public commitment by April, 22: Earth Day.<\/p>\n

“We’re saying, ‘Look, you’re being looked at as a leader in the technology space, and the corporate space, and to be using 19th century technology to power your 21st century company doesn’t make sense,” said Casey Harrell of Greenpeace.<\/p>\n

Facebook drew some criticism<\/a> last January when it announced plans to construct a data center in Oregon.\u00a0 Despite high efficiency standards and plans for facility-wide LEED Gold certification, environmental groups protested<\/a> the data center’s energy source; a utility that is powered largely by burning coal<\/a>. <\/p>\n

One way Greenpeace voiced its opposition to the Oregon data center was through this animated video<\/a>:<\/p>\n