Microsoft to buy Illinois wind power for 20 years

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CHICAGO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. says it has agreed to buy electricity from a new wind farm in Illinois for the next 20 years in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint.

The company’s chief environmental strategist, Rob Bernard, made the announcement Tuesday.

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