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[livejournal.com profile] treehugger_rss had an Earth Day roundup post here that linked to the Union of Concerned Scientists article on Ten Steps to Reduce Your Global Warming Impact.

Step 2 was "Choose clean power" and it included a link to http://www.green-e.org/ - Green - e: Renewable Energy Certification Program. They certify a variety of organizations offering electrical power made from renewable resources. One way to buy renewable energy is via "Tradable Renewable Certificates."

Basically you buy these certificates as a way of supporting alternative energy and "offsetting" your own use of fossil-fuel generated electricity. (In some areas, you can sign up to receive power directly from alternative energy power companies, but in California? Bwahahahahaha.)

This page on Green-e provides a list of links to companies in the US selling TRCs. I bought mine from Bonneville Environmental Foundation at https://www.greentagsusa.org/ because they have a good calculator where you can figure out your energy use and they're a non-profit.

Green-e has a link to http://www.terrachoice.com/ which they say is a similar program for Canada, but it seems to be an "environmental marketing" company. I'm pretty sure [livejournal.com profile] treehugger_rss has reported on programs like this for Canada and other countries.

Date: 22 Apr 2006 07:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tedesson.livejournal.com
We've been purchasing green power credits to cover all of our hosting clients for a while. It's the right thing to do.

Date: 22 Apr 2006 11:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] epi-lj.livejournal.com
I should look into the credit thing. There is a wonderful green power company up here that we can sign up with, but unfortunately we don't buy our own power. The condo group buys it and we just pay condo fees. I've waffled over suggesting it at a board meeting, but every single board meeting since it came up has been scheduled at a time I can't make. I highly suspect that they'd go for it, since it costs more money than the power company we're with now.

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