Google ‘eliminates carbon legacy’ as it announces new clean energy plans

Google has pledged to operate completely on carbon-free energy by 2030 (Yui Mok/PA)

Google said it has eliminated its entire carbon legacy and has pledged to operate completely on carbon-free energy by 2030.

In what the company called its carbon-free commitment, chief executive Sundar Pichai said the tech giant wiped out all its operational emissions from before it became carbon neutral in 2007 through the purchase of “high-quality carbon offsets”.