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Silicon Valley Plan to Combat Global Warming

San Jose Mercury News:

In one of the first programs of its kind in the United States, a coalition of major Silicon Valley companies is set to announce today a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to collectively combat global warming.

The companies -- Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Calpine, Lockheed, ALZA, Life Scan and PG&E -- along with the city of San Jose, NASA Ames Research Center and the Santa Clara Valley Water District, will set a goal of cutting Santa Clara County's carbon dioxide emissions to 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2010.
If successful, such a reduction would be more than triple the goal set by the still-stalled Kyoto agreement on global warming. It would be as effective as removing 1.1 million cars from Silicon Valley roads.

Carbon dioxide is formed in part by the burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline, coal and natural gas. It traps heat in the atmosphere that otherwise would radiate into space.

Posted by Bob King at March 29, 2004 05:00 PM | TrackBack
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