Chevrolet Carbon-Reduction Initiative
Chevrolet Carbon-Reduction Initiative
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Chevrolet has committed to invest up to $40M on carbon-reducting projects across America--from biomass to wind turbines. It set its carbon-reduction goal based on the estimated emissions in 2011 from driving the 1.9 million vehicles it sold in the United States between Nov. 18, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2011.
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Chevy Helps Virginia Landfill Heat Hospital with Methane Gas
Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Va. is heating part of its facility with methane gas pumped in from a county landfill, effectively reducing carbon-based greenhouse gas emissions along the way. Chevrolet is supporting the project by buying a portion of those emission reductions.
This initiative takes methane gas usually released into...
Jan 9, 2012 11:30 AM ET
Chevrolet Helps Greenhouse Use Biomass for Heat
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Detroit, MI - November 23, 2011 - Imagine heating a building covering 22 Manhattan city blocks or 120 football fields and you understand the task faced by the Metrolina Greenhouses. Helping Metrolina convert its heat source from natural gas to renewable biomass is part of Chevrolet’s...
Nov 23, 2011 3:15 PM ET
Chevy Helps Provide Power to the Plains States
Envision the Great Plains and you often find yourself thinking of wind-whipped faces and blustery days. This is part of the reason why Chevrolet is helping support a unique turbine wind farm in South Central South Dakota.
Because the northern plains states provide the best wind resource in the United States, a group of investors got together to see if they could turn the resource into...
Nov 18, 2011 9:30 AM ET
Want to Plant a Tree? There's an App for That.
With the influx of technology aimed at making our daily lives a little easier, we’ve run out of excuses for not doing something good for the planet.
Last week, Chevrolet announced an application that enables consumers to showcase their eco-consciousness by planting virtual trees on their Facebook...
Nov 3, 2011 4:00 PM ET
Chevrolet Identifies 16 Carbon-Reduction Projects
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Detroit, MI - October 7, 2011 - Chevrolet is helping support 16 projects across America – from biomass to wind turbines – as part of its ...
Oct 7, 2011 4:30 PM ET
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