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Oil Giant Greener Than Activision, Says Newsweek
11:00AM Owen Good | Measuring the 500 largest corporations in America, Newsweek found no video game maker in the top 100 and even rated Activision behind environmental bogeyman ExxonMobil. More »
Features
Guest Op/Ed: Toxics, Electronics And Why Consoles Matter
12:00AM Tom Dowdall | Here at Greenpeace we’re no strangers to controversy. Sparking it is part of the reason we exist: Sometimes it’s the only way to raise an issue up in the public dialogue to a point where a discussion is had, a decision gets made, and action taken. More »
Culture
Greenpeace Turns PS3, Wii, 360 Into Spokesmen Against Console Toxicity
2:00AM Brian Crecente | Greenpeace today released three videos to highlight what they say is the presence of “highly toxic substances” in video game consoles. More »
News
Greenpeace Once Again Gives Nintendo Low Marks
3:00AM Brian Ashcraft | Every year that Greenpeace releases its “Guide to Greener Electronics”, one company is always at the bottom. That company is Nintendo. More »
Your Game Consoles Have Hazardous Chemicals!
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Nintendo used to be bad for the environment. Now? Just sorta bad! Last year, Greenpeace singled the Kyoto-based game maker by giving it the lowest score in its “Guide to Greener Electronics” had ever awarded to a company — a 0/10. Part of the reason for this dubious honour was that Nintendo failed to provide any data about its environmental standards. Nintendo issued a response, and Greenpeace still wasn’t satisfied. (In comparison, Microsoft got a 2.7/10 and Sony got a 7.3/10). Zeina Al-Hajj, Greenpeace’s International Toxic Campaign co-ordinator points out: Sony has a very good record in our ranking guide. They have committed to eliminating these chemicals from mobile devices. But why are we finding them in such high percentages in a console? This is a tool used by children in our homes. None of these chemicals exist in Sony’s Vaio laptop. So if they can do it for a laptop, why can’t they push this for the console also? Greenpeace has taken things into its own hands. Literally. The environmental organisation has dissected each of the three major game consoles and examined how environmentally sound the consoles’ innards are. Results, after the jump. Onward!
Nintendo Still Hates The Environment
9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Tisk, tisk, Nintendo. You’ve done and pissed off the treehuggers again. Last year, Greenpeace released its sixth “Guide to Greener Electronics”, which grades electronics makers on how environmentally sound their manufacturing and recycling processes are. It was the first time game consoles were included. Out of the three console companies, Sony came out on top with a 7.3/10 score. Microsoft posted a laughable 2.7/10. Ha. Ha. Ha. Nintendo was the absolute lowest with a 0/10. A first for the Greenpeace guide. Congrats, Nintendo. More »
News
Nintendo Responds to Greenpeace, Greenpeace Not Satisfied
5:21AM Mark Wilson | Not so long ago, Nintendo was singled out by Greenpeace’s sixth annual Guide to Greener Electronics. Sure, they were amongst friends like Microsoft and Sony on the graph, but Nintendo was the only company to score a whopping 0 out of 100. Greenpeace felt justified giving Nintendo the lowest score in history by pointing out that Nintendo fails to publish their environmental standards. Now Nintendo has finally responded to Greenpeace’s accusations that Miyamoto dines only on the finest baby eyes. Here’s the letter they sent to various media outlets in response to the rating: More »
