Green America brings together individuals, businesses, and communities to pressure major polluters to take the climate crisis seriously. We also help people and businesses to reduce their carbon footprints and advance clean energy solutions that create jobs while tackling climate change.
Data centers for Amazon.com's Amazon Web Services (AWS) use over 6.5 million MWh of power per year, or roughly enough to power 600,000 US households.
Climate change is an enormous threat to people and the planet, but it is also presents an opportunity to create a truly green economy that works for all.
Carbon emissions primarily come from burning fossil fuels for energy and transportation, using fossil fuels in agriculture, and the destruction of forests, soil, and other places that sequester carbon.
If we don’t take action as a society to reduce carbon emissions, the impacts of climate change will be severe – droughts in some parts of the world and flooding in others. Rising sea levels will threaten our major cities worldwide. We are already seeing these impacts. If we don’t take action to reduce emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050, the economic costs would be trillions of dollars per year.
Fortunately, we have all the solutions we need to address climate change. We now need to scale them up.
Green America works with its members and allies to:
University of Maryland has begun using 10% recycled content on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper for its magazines. This progress is thanks to all the Green Americans who took action with Green America’s One Million Trees campaign, which urges colleges and universities across the country to begin using recycled paper for their alumni magazines.
If all higher education…
Tell Smithsonian Institution, a leader in environmental education, to save trees, lower carbon emissions, and reduce trash in landfills by switching to recycled paper for Smithsonian Magazine.
Building the green economy is about being informed about corporations AND actually supporting businesses that follow green practices, grow local economies, and pay suppliers fairly. Where you shop and what you buy when you do sends a direct message.
This mine will contaminate the drinking water of millions of Americans, destroy traditional lands of the Menominee Nation, and harm human health. Tell the three companies financing the Back Forty Mine to immediately pull out of this project.
While forward-thinking tech companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google have committed to running on 100% renewables and are investing in facilities powered by renewable energy, AT&T and Verizon continue source the majority of their energy from dirty energy sources.
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