Fortune 500 Firms and EPA Combine for Green Power

By Greg Mazurkiewicz

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the start of its Green Power Partnership, a voluntary program “aimed at boosting the market for power alternatives that reduce the environmental and health risks of conventional electricity generation.” The founding partners, which include 20 of the Fortune 500 firms, are making a commitment to purchase more than 280,000 MW-hours of green power over the next year. It is estimated that this will prevent the emission of 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

Publication date: 08/20/2001

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Greg Mazurkiewicz is Web Editor. He can be contacted at 248-244-6459 or gregmazurkiewicz@achrnews.com. Greg handles the day-to-day operations of The NEWS' website, www.achrnews.com, including the Extra Edition page, which offers additional online-exclusive articles. He has 40 years of experience as a writer and editor. He holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and a master's degree in Business Management.