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Google Searches Green Energy

Company pledges to spend hundreds of millions on renewable energy initiative

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 27, 2007 5:19 PM CST

(Newser) – Google is making a huge financial push to replace coal with cleaner, cheaper renewable energy. The company says it will invest "tens of millions" in the search next year, starting with solar, wind, and geothermal technology, and hundreds of millions more in subsequent years,... Read full story »

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