{"id":15903,"date":"2023-11-20T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T10:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15903"},"modified":"2023-11-24T10:32:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T10:32:33","slug":"green-hosting-making-websites-sustainable-this-green-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/green-hosting-making-websites-sustainable-this-green-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Hosting: Making Websites Sustainable this Green Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Black Friday is the biggest shopping event of the year, but it comes with a huge environmental cost. According to a study by the Web Neutral Project,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/webneutralproject.com\/the-problem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Internet accounts for about 10% of global electricity consumption, producing 2% of global CO2 emissions annually<\/a>\u2014the same amount as the aviation industry. 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