網路最大搜尋引擎公司谷歌（Google）已經承諾要在2008年之前達到碳平衡。谷歌19日在巴黎宣佈他們加入氣候組織（The Climate Group）成為會員。該組織是非營利組織，主要工作是加速國際合作與政府有效實施減少溫室氣體排放。
氣候組織將協助谷歌達到預期中的碳平衡，並且支持他們更多節省和再生能源的計畫。
谷歌主席和總執行長史密德表示：「革新就是谷歌的座右銘。我們透過投資新型科技以及與其他組織合作，可以對環境進行更有意義的貢獻。而這只是一個開始。我們積極尋找更多機會可以應對氣候變遷的問題。」
谷歌計畫加強資料處理中心的能源使用效率，那裡是公司能源消耗的主要來源。18日谷歌已經在其位於加州山景城（Mountain View）的總部，啟用太陽能和可充電式油電複合的公司用車，以增進再使用能源的利用。
該公司執行人員表示，在2012年之前，他們將製造50百萬瓦的再生能源，足供給5萬戶人家使用。
Google, the largest search engine on the web, has made a commitment to become carbon neutral by 2008.
In Paris on Tuesday, Google announced its membership in The Climate Group, a non-profit organization working to accelerate the international uptake of corporate and government best practice in emissions reduction.
The Climate Group will partner with Google to help the company achieve carbon neutrality and support its plans for greater energy efficiency and renewable energy.
"Innovation goes to the heart of what Google does," said Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive of Google. "By investing in new technologies and by working in partnership with others, we can make a meaningful contribution to the environment. This is just a start. We are actively looking for more opportunities to help tackle climate change."
Google says it plans to maximize the efficiency of its data centers, which account for most of the energy it consumes.
Google will increase its use of renewable energy with solar power at its headquarters in Mountain View, California that started up earlier this week, and plug-in hybrids for company cars.
Google is committed to creating an additional 50 megawatts of renewable energy generating capacity by 2012, enough to power 50,000 homes, Google executives said.
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