Mini-Byte: Is Your Cellphone Company "Green"?

On October 5, The New York Times Blog Green, Inc. ran a report entitled "How Green Is Your Mobile Phone Company?".  Citing a study by ABI Research, Green, Inc. reported that AT&T Wireless was the best, with Nextel not far behind, and Verizon trailing in third.  Computer and telecommunication businesses are only reported to be responsible for 2% to 3% of greenhouse gases, with mobile phone networks only producing .2% of that estimate.  Still, author Jim Witkin notes that the industry makes considerable annual expenditures on energy to power networks. AT&T's annual report notes a reduction in CO2 emissions by 207,549 metric tons in 2008, the equivalent of taking 40,000 cars off the road.