by Jbs072109 a3 — July 24, 2009—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Leaders program has recognized three of its industry partners for meeting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals and several others for setting new goals, and is welcoming 60 new Climate Leaders to the program.
Exelon Corp., Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), and Raytheon Co. have found cleaner sources of energy, reduced energy consumption, increased production of renewable energy, and retired old equipment, all to reduce their contribution to climate change.
In addition, 15 companies have set new goals, including: American Packaging Corp., Capital One Financial Corp., Caterpillar Inc., Clorox Co., CSX Transportation Inc., Design Continuum, Ecolab Inc., FetterGroup, Genzyme Corp., Mack Trucks Inc., Nortel, Novelis Corp., Pfizer Inc., Raytheon Co., and Sun Microsystems Inc.
EPA is also welcoming 60 new Climate Leaders to its ranks. EPA estimates that the GHG reductions by Climate Leaders Partners will prevent more than 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per year, which EPA says is equal to the annual emissions of more than nine million vehicles.
Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership to develop comprehensive climate change strategies. Launched in 2002, the program has expanded from 11 charter members to 284 companies that represent more than eight percent of total annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
