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Specifically, Greenpeace says, Apple should pressure Duke Energy, which it says provides power to its North Carolina data center, to produce energy by cleaner means and to end its "mountaintop coal removal operations" from Apple's supply chain.

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So Greenpeace laid out the stairway to a coal-free iCloud, stressing that Apple should not rely on Renewable Energy Credits, or RECs, purchased from clean energy producers far from its data farms to green up its operations.

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In a statement issued to CNN by e-mail, an Apple spokeswoman said the company's existing data centers will not use coal energy by early next year.

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"This new ambition to be 'coal free' is welcome news for the 125 million current iCloud users, and represents a significant improvement in Apple's energy choices, " Greenpeace wrote.

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