Greenpeace To Facebook: Unfriend Coal By Earth Day

Greenpeace has set a deadline of Earth Day, April 22, for Facebook to pledge to switch from coal to renewable energy sources.

Greenpeace has turned up the volume on its calls for Facebook to stop using coal to power its data centers, by setting a deadline of Earth Day, April 22.

Some 98,423 people have clicked on a Greenpeace Facebook page called Unfriend Coal that asks people to copy the organization’s graphic — “Will Facebook pledge to go green by earth day?” — and upload it as a profile photo, then tag friends in the image. Along with that, the group wants its fans to posta a status update that says, “I want Facebook to @Unfriend Coal http://facebook.com/unfriendcoal

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