How carbon heavy is your email?

James S Murray
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New research from Sun Microsystems aims to allow firms to measure the carbon footprint of their emails

We all know that emails are much better for the environment than sending a letter, but could they be made greener still? That is the question behind research currently underway at IT giant Sun Microsystems...

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