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Apple: We’re Green, Really

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http://www.thevarguy.com – Turns out this Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wants to be green after all. Faced with losing government and education sales owing to its withdrawal from the EPEAT environmental rating system, Apple has abruptly reversed course, calling its withdrawal a “mistake” and saying it will rejoin the registry. “We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system,” said Bob Mansfield, Apple senior vice president, hardware engineering, in a letter posted on the company’s website. “I recognize that this was a (IT news)

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