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Our Year in Review

Domestically and internationally, climate action in 2009 laid critical groundwork for potential breakthroughs in Congress and global negotiations in 2010. Yet with an issue as complex and political as...

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Business-NGO Group Calls on Obama for Greater Consumer Access to Energy Data

A group of nearly 50 companies and organizations, including the Center, sent President Obama a letter this month asking the Administration to lead the way to providing all consumers access to their...

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Start Your Energy Diet

Earth Day – it’s the perfect day to start your energy diet. It’s great to hug a tree, (in fact, that’s how you measure the carbon it sequesters) but for most of us, it’s even better to wrap our arms...

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Alcoa Foundation and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change Launch...

Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2011Contact: Diana Burkett, 703-516-4146 Alcoa Foundation and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change Launch School-Based Carbon Footprint ChallengeMore than 8,000 students to...

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Schools Win $10,000 in Grants as More than 8,000 Students Find Over 14...

Press ReleaseApril 21, 2011Contact: Diana Burkett, 703-516-4146 Schools Win $10,000 in Grants as More than 8,000 Students Find Over 14 Million Pounds of Potential Carbon SavingsAlcoa Foundation &...

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Help Make an Impact Win a CLASSY Award

“All kids growing up in this generation know how they’re impacting the environment. We’re teaching today’s kids about recycling and being responsible.”- Shawn Kerr, eighth-grade science teacher at...

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9 tips for a greener holiday

As we plunge into the holiday shopping season, take a minute to think about the things you can do to make searching for the perfect gift a little friendlier on the planet (and your wallet).Here are...

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Super Bowl Fans Challenged to Geaux Green

Press ReleaseDecember 11, 2012Contact: Amy Morsch, morscha@c2es.org        Super Bowl fans challenged to Geaux Green!The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and Entergy Corporation are teaming up...

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Super Bowl XLVII: Playing Offense on Clean Energy

An estimated 111 million people across the United States watched at least part of last year's Super Bowl between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. It was the most-watched event in U.S....

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Schools’ Challenge provides lasting lessons

Teaching students how to save energy and help the environment provides lessons that can last a lifetime. That’s the biggest takeaway of our third annual Change Our 2morrow (CO2) Schools’ Challenge.The...

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Tenants and landlords can both save with energy efficiency upgrades

Talk about a win-win. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and government-backed mortgage provider Freddie Mac recently agreed on a plan that will cut carbon emissions and at the same time...

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How we engaged employees, strengthened community ties, and made the world a...

Nearly 2,000 Alcoa employees, their families, and members of their communities learned how to save energy, save money, and help the environment at green fairs over the past three months.These fairs,...

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Resolve to make an impact at work in 2015

If your New Year’s resolution is to make a difference, why not start at work?A majority of us say we’d be more satisfied if we had a job where we could make a social or environmental impact on the...

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How a Green Fair connection helped the environment and employees

For most Americans, getting to work means getting in a car– alone. Using public transportation instead can help the planet because it is more fuel efficient to move people together than separately. At...

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Leap Day gives us 24 hours to help the planet

What are you doing for Leap Day?According to folklore, it’s a good day for a woman to propose marriage. But if you’re not looking for that kind of commitment, you can instead commit to make a positive...

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Our Year in Review

Domestically and internationally, climate action in 2009 laid critical groundwork for potential breakthroughs in Congress and global negotiations in 2010. Yet with an issue as complex and political as...

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Business-NGO Group Calls on Obama for Greater Consumer Access to Energy Data

A group of nearly 50 companies and organizations, including the Center, sent President Obama a letter this month asking the Administration to lead the way to providing all consumers access to their...

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Start Your Energy Diet

Earth Day – it’s the perfect day to start your energy diet. It’s great to hug a tree, (in fact, that’s how you measure the carbon it sequesters) but for most of us, it’s even better to wrap our arms...

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Alcoa Foundation and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change Launch...

Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2011Contact: Diana Burkett, 703-516-4146 Alcoa Foundation and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change Launch School-Based Carbon Footprint ChallengeMore than 8,000 students to...

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Schools Win $10,000 in Grants as More than 8,000 Students Find Over 14...

Press ReleaseApril 21, 2011Contact: Diana Burkett, 703-516-4146 Schools Win $10,000 in Grants as More than 8,000 Students Find Over 14 Million Pounds of Potential Carbon SavingsAlcoa Foundation &...

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