Apple has withdrawn all its laptop and desktop computers from the EPEAT environmentalrating system, including older MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models.
EPEAT, which stands for Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, is a voluntary environmentalrating that helps consumers identify greener computers and other electronic equipment.
Apple has notified EPEAT that it is withdrawing its products from the EPEAT registry and will no longer be submitting its products to EPEAT for environmentalrating.
Although the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) assigns a fuel economy rating to all new vehicles, Consumer Reports magazine conducts its own independent testing.
The Ford C-Max and Toyota Prius plug-in hybrids get a combined city-and-highway rating of 58 miles per gallon from the Environmental Protection Agency.