Publishers to go carbon neutral

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16 May 2007

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News International and HarperCollins will go carbon neutral by the end of 2007.

In a speech last week, Rupert Murdoch said that both had entered arrangements to buy renewable energy.

Some 70% of News International’s electricity is to come from hydroelectric power plants in Scotland, saving 36,000 tonnes of carbon next year.

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