Perhaps EPEAT agreed to possibly review their requirements.
Hmmmm. If you read the article above...
EPEAT CEO Robert Frisbee also wrote a letter confirming Apple and EPEAT's commitment to working together and hinting at future changes to the EPEAT judging process to work with Apple as it continues its cutting edge computer designs.
The real question is: Would Apple have had better press if they would have tried that from the beginning without just pulling everything?