Overachiever: Sun surpasses greenhouse gas reduction goals

Bully for Sun Microsystems. The company's U.S. operations have actually already overshot the 20 percent reduction goal originally set for 2012 under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program. Yes, that's right folks, a tech company has done something earlier than expected!

The company reports this week that it has cut its emissions by 23 percent over 2007 levels. So now, it has set a new bar: Slash another 20 percent in worldwide emission levels by 2015. (Again, compared with 2007 levels.)