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Microsoft cuts carbon emissions 6% in fight against climate change – Source CNET Tech

Climate change has warmed global temperatures. This NASA map shows the difference between 1979 and 2019.

Climate change has warmed global temperatures. This NASA map shows the difference between 1979 and 2019.


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Microsoft cut carbon emissions 6% in its first year of trying to reverse the effect it’s had on the global climate over the company’s decades of existence. Though that might sound like progress, the software giant said its approach so far won’t fix the broader problem of climate change.

“Nearly all the carbon removal solutions we are purchasing are short-term and nature-based,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a blog post Thursday. “If we look at this work…

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