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EPA names top "green power" players

Email|Link|Comments (3) Posted by Erin Ailworth July 28, 2009 11:26 AM

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named Kimberly-Clark Corp., Kohl's department stores and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. among the top 20 organizations running on their own "green power."

The organizations all are a part of the EPA's Green Power Partnership, a voluntary program that helps companies and other groups that want to use green power, or electricity generated by solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable sources. More than 1,100 entities currently are working with the Partnership to purchase such power.

The top 20 partners are generating and consuming more than 736 millon kilowatt hours annually, according to the EPA. That, the agency says, is enough to power more than 61,000 homes annually.

To see a list of the top 20 organizations, click here.

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3 comments so far...

Kimberly-Clark? Give me a break! They're notorious for ripping down virgin forest for their toilet paper, paper towels, and tissues, and they refuse to change. They need to be boycotted. I purchase 100% recycled paper now for paper towels, tp, and tissues. Why on Earth one needs brand new paper to blow their nose or wipe up spills I don't know.

Posted by Kimberly Clark is Greenwashing July 29, 09 03:02 PM

Kimberly Clark Corp? Are they not one of many companies that have and are destroying the rain forests as I write this email? Wow, we need to get our facts straight with the companies that are or should be in the "top green power" players. Maybe adding a section "but are destroying our earth at the same time".
I guess I'm confused why you would even support such a huge company that has single handedly destroyed millions of acres of rain forest for their paper products. If something has changed, please advise me so...

Posted by Support Companies that Do Not Destroy Earth! August 1, 09 12:41 AM

The article and the articles it references refer solely to the amount of "green power" generated and used on site. If you think the facts are incorrect you should post references.

Posted by Carl G. August 11, 09 10:23 PM