Google goes black to show that it is green
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Jason Hiner
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Google goes black on Mar. 29, 2008
The Google homepage flipped its color palette to black on March 29 to show its support for Earth Hour. In this gallery, see why Google went black in order to be green, and take a look at some photos of Google’s other green initiatives, including electric cars and solar panels at its headquarters.
Also see the related article Google: Green good guy or power grid glutton?
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Google shows its support for Earth Hour
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Earth Hour 2008
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RechargeIT.org car at Google
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Sergey Brin powers up an electric car at Google
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Brin drives off in a Google electric car
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Google campus from the air
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Google solar panels from above
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Solar panels at Google headquarters
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More solar panels at Google
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Solar panels on the roof at Google
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Solar panels on the roof of a Google building
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Solar panels in Google parking lot
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Google solar panels up close
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Blue solar panels at Google
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Parking lot with solar panels at Google
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Jason Hiner
Jason Hiner is Editorial Director of CNET and former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. He's co-author of the book, Follow the Geeks.
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