PG&E’S ClimateSmart™ Program Makes Landmark Purchase of Dairy Farm Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions to Help Fight Climate Change
Monday, June 1, 2009 at 09:00AM PRESS RELEASE
Program Invests in New GHG Emission Reduction Project on Behalf of Enrolled Customers
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – On behalf of its more than 30,000 ClimateSmart™ customers, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced a contract with California Bioenergy for its first greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions from a dairy farm. The landmark investment will help combat climate change by yielding 75,000 metric tons of verifiable GHG emission reductions. The ClimateSmart program is purchasing the GHG emission reductions from California Bioenergy’s livestock methane capture project on a dairy near Bakersfield in Kern County, Calif.
