Because electricity generation is the largest industrial polluter in the country. Did you know that more than 50% of retail customers in the US have an option of buying a green-power product from their utility company? Find out if you have the option at www.epa.gov/greenpower.
Green power is renewable energy—power from the sun, wind, plants, and moving water. Green power is a sustainable way to meet our energy needs and protect the environment and public health.
Types of Green Power...
Wind energy converts the power available in moving air into electricity. Wind power does not produce emissions, generate solid waste, or use water.
Bioenergy is energy from trees and plants. This includes crops grown specifically for energy production and organic wastes (such as wood residues from paper mills and methane from landfills). Using bioenergy to generate electricity reduces global warming emissions if new plants are grown to replace those that are harvested.
Geothermal energy uses heat from inside the earth to make clean power.
Solar power captures the heat and light of the sun to generate electricity. Solar energy does not produce emissions, generate solid waste, or use water.
Hydroelectric power captures the energy in falling water. It does not produce emissions or solid waste, but can have a relatively low or high impact on the environment, depending on the site-specific factors such as maintenance of water flow and water quality, fish impacts, and other land use issues.
Find out more at: UCS' s Clean Energy site.
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