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NativeEnergy leverages market demand for carbon offsets to bring online new Native American, family farmer and community-owned renewable energy projects. NativeEnergy offers third-party verified and certified renewable energy credits, and offsets from a variety of operating projects across America and internationally. Through its proven approach of bringing upfront payment to renewable projects for the estimated future carbon offsets, NativeEnergy enables everyone to help directly finance the construction of specific new wind farms and other renewable energy projects. NativeEnergy focuses on real, additional offsets that provide both an environmental and a social benefit. More information is available at www.nativeenergy.com. NativeEnergy is a founding member and Co-Chair of the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance. www.icroa.org.
 Oakhurst Dairy (Portland, ME), Founded in 1921, Oakhurst is today northern New England's largest dairy, with a supply chain comprising small family farms stretching across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. It has worked with Clean Air - Cool Planet since 2001 on a variety of energy conservation and efficiency projects, transitioning its passenger fleet over to gasoline-electric hybrids, and converting the majority of its delivery fleet to run on B20, a biodiesel blend. Managed by the third generation of the founding Bennett family, Oakhurst Dairy also employed a rerouting software package, reducing fuel consumption by 44,000 gallons per year - avoiding more than 200 tons of carbon dioxide. In 2007, it received CA-CP's Climate Champion Award for its corporate leadership and commitment to addressing global warming. www.oakhurstdairy.com
Shaw's Supermarkets (Bridgewater, MA) has completed more than 24 projects with CA-CP, including energy audits and analyses, renewable energy purchase and investment, and climate change education of 28,000 employees and a customer base of millions. Shaw’s is New England’s second-largest grocery chain, with more than 200 stores in operation. www.shaws.com
Timberland (Stratham, NH), manufacturer of footwear, apparel and gear, has partnered with CA-CP since 2001, undertaking various initiatives including two corporate emissions inventories; energy efficiency audits and retrofits; investments in renewable energy; and a marketing campaign for Earth Day 2002 & 2003. As CA-CP’s partner, Timberland was the sole U.S. corporation represented on a panel at the launch of a worldwide business climate solutions effort in London in 2005, which panel included British Prime Minister Tony Blair. www.timberland.com
 Verizon Communications (New York, NY), already an energy efficiency leader and the nation's largest telecommunications provider, began working with CA-CP in 2001. Verizon is planning a $17 million dollar fuel-cell project and has partnered with the NJ Department of Environmental Protection on an emissions reduction target, among other efforts.
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Bowdoin: Founded in 1796, and located just outside downtown Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin’s campus serves 1,600 undergraduate students and 650 faculty and staff members. Bowdoin is committed to sustainable policies and actions; each academic year features various student-led initiatives for recycling, energy and water conservation, and other environmental issues, supported by Bowdoin’s Facility Management Department and coordinated in conjunction with the Sustainable Bowdoin Committee. www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/partners/bowdoin.php
Brown University
Colby College has been committed to environmental issues since the 1970’s; the college partnered with Clean Air-Cool Planet in May, 2003, to develop and implement green house gas emissions reduction strategies. Founded in 1813, Colby is a 714-acre rural campus in Waterville, Maine with nearly 1800 students and 200 faculty members. A global focus is integrated within the Colby’s academics, student organizations, and research endeavors. www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/partners/colby.php
Colgate University: Located in the rural Hamilton, New York, Colgate serves roughly 2,700 undergraduates enrolled in 51 academic programs under 251 faculty members. Recognizing climate change as a leading concern in the environmental arena, Colgate is partnering with CA-CP in a committed effort to address their GHG emissions. As part of their “Green Strides” program, Colgate is making an ongoing, university-wide effort to address climate related concerns regarding air quality, energy use, facilities design and transportation. www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/partners/colgate.php
College of the Atlantic is a small school in Bar Harbor, Maine, which boasts the distinction of being the only school to offer all students a major in Human Ecology (the study of our relationship with our environment.) Students work closely with faculty, take interdisciplinary classes, explore their own creative work, and complete independent study projects and internships; the school focuses on creativity, investigation, engagement, and community as cornerstones in nurturing a new generation of leaders to rise to social and environmental challenges. COA is itself commited to a comprehensive program of sustainability, including 100% renewable energy purchasing, local sourcing, recycling, composting and other measures. Connecticut College, a small private liberal arts college in New London, partnered with CA-CP in 2002. A Connecticut College Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory, using the CA-CP Inventory Calculator, was completed thanks to a College-sponsored summer internship; that inventory is slated to be updated in 2005 and is meant to serve as a foundation for establishment of an institutional GHG reduction target and campus climate action plan. Other initiatives at the college include an Environmental Model Committee (EMC) charged with making it a model of sustainability; a $25 student renewable energy fee used to purchase College energy from “green” sources; creation of a zero interest loan fund providing capital for energy efficiency projects; and a student effort to create a facility for processing dining-hall-waste-oil into biodiesel for campus fleet and heating applications. http://connecticutcollege.edu/
Cornell University
Eastern CT State University
Harvard University has been working with CA-CP since 2002, focusing primarily on measures to identify and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Since April 2001, the Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) has coordinated and supported the variety of academic and research-oriented endeavors regarding global warming and other environmental issues. www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/partners/harvard.php
Mount Holyoke College
Roger Williams University
State University of New York at Syracuse
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University of Maine, Orono
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University of Rhode Island
University of Southern Maine
University of Connecticut
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Wellesley College
Yale University
*** Connecticut Green Campus Initiative
Green Campus Consortium of Maine
Energy Action - The Campus Climate Challenge
Massachusetts State Sustainability Program
New Jersey Higher Education Partnerships for Sustainability: http://www.njheps.org/ Northeast Campus Sustainability Coalition Sierra Youth Coalition (Canada)
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions (CERC): Clean Air-Cool Planet is one of about 60 members of this Coalition working to minimize the local and global environmental footprint of the major 2004 national political conventions by reducing emissions associated with global warming, decreasing waste, encouraging public transportation and low-emissions vehicles, and promoting environmentally preferable products and services. As a result of CERC’s efforts the Democratic Convention held in Boston was made climate neutral. http://www.cerc04.org/index.html
Environmental Advocates of New York: http://www.eany.org/
Natural Resources Council of Maine: http://www.maineenvironment.org/
SACIA The Business Council of Southwestern Connecticut: http://www.sacia.org/
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Dragon Products (Portland, ME), Dragon Products, New England's only Portland cement manufacturer, has long been an industry leader on environmental issues. The company has undertaken significant plant improvements, resulting in a 35 percent reduction in energy use per ton of cement produced. Dragon also committed to producing products using alternative raw materials, including oil-contaminated soils and byproducts from foundry operations, whenever possible. Cement manufactured by Dragon is primarily transported via rail and barge, rather than relying solely on more energy-intensive trucks.
Giant Eagle Supermarkets (Pittsburgh, PA), Giant Eagle is a leading privately held retail grocer, with 156 corporate and 69 independently owned and operated supermarkets, in addition to more than 128 fuel and convenience stores, throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio, north central West Virginia and Maryland. On December 21, 2004 Giant Eagle, became the nation's first grocer to operate a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified supermarket, featuring more than 50 skylights equipped with sensors to adjust levels of artificial light, a parking lot storm-water filtration system, and a white reflective roof. The facility, located in northeastern Ohio, consumes an average of 30 percent less electricity than comparable supermarkets. More recently, Giant Eagle worked with Clean Air - Cool Planet to offer customers the opportunity to purchase carbon offsets from methane-generated electricity on Pennsylvania family farms with their store-rewards points. 
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (Waterbury, VT), a leader in the specialty coffee industry, supports socially responsible initiatives. Starting as a CA-CP partner in 2003, Green Mountain Coffee has since completed an emissions inventory; purchased green tags; decreased its plant energy usage and looked at ways to “green” its fleet; and advocated for clean air policies in Vermont. 
Harbec Plastics Inc. (Ontario, NY) An injection molding firm serving the needs of leading OEM's in the automotive, medical, office products and sporting goods industries. Since 2002 Harbec has worked with CA-CP to inventory its greenhouse gas emissions, and to tell the story of its experience with distributed generation (wind turbine, and gas-fired micro turbines), sustainable building practices, and the greening of its vehicle fleet. 
Harney and Sons Fine Teas (Millerton, NY) Harney and Sons has been working since 1983 to make quality tea an affordable luxury, selling to hotels, gourmet shops and individual consumers alike. The Millerton, NY-based firm is a member of 1% for the Planet, a consortium of businesses that pledge to donate 1 percent of their total gross revenues to environmental organizations such as Clean Air - Cool Planet. Harney and Sons is also in the final stages of an inventory of its own greenhouse gas emissions, as a first step toward identifying a reduction target and implementing energy-saving measures. 
Lamey Wellehan Shoes (Auburn, ME), Lamey Wellehan is a company grounded in traditional New England values, with an eye toward the environmental sustainability goals of the 21st century. The family-owned firm, known since 1914 as "Maine's Family Shoe Store," has undertaken a number of initiatives, and was first recognized in 1994 by the State of Maine for achieving a 95 percent recycling rate - a feat they have maintained ever since. With measures including increasing building insulation, using biodiesel in delivery vehicles, switching store lighting to compact fluorescent lights, better temperature control, and various techniques to reduce heat loss, as well as and biodegradable bags in its seven stores, Lamey Wellehan has achieved a 21 percent reduction in its carbon dioxide emissions while participating in the Maine Governor's Carbon Challenge. 
L.L. Bean, Inc. (Freeport, ME), A trusted source for quality apparel, outdoor equipment and expert advice for more than 90 years, L. L. Bean adheres to contemporary environmental best practices within the direct marketing industry. The Freeport, Maine-based retailer has instituted a robust sustainable forest-management policy, invested in biodiesel for its fleet of trucks, and announced a commitment to certify that all new construction conforms to LEED standards. In addition to its partnership with CA-CP, L.L.Bean is a member of the EPA Climate Leaders program, a voluntary partnership between industry and government that encourages companies to develop long-term strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and has begun to inventory its current greenhouse gas emissions. 
Maine General Health (Augusta, ME), is the parent corporation of a network of acute care hospitals, physician practices, rehabilitation centers, long term nursing care, and assisted living and retirement facilities serving Maine’s Kennebec. Partnering with CA-CP since 2005 MaineGeneral has committed to reducing its carbon footprint through energy efficiency, Green Building practices, and educating with its 3,500 employees on the health risks of climate change. 
Mohawk Fine Paper, Inc (Cohoes, NY), The Cohoes, NY-based firm is the largest premium-paper manufacturer in North America. Mohawk takes a proactive approach to environmental stewardship, engaging every employee in related policies and processes. Mohawk places a high priority on energy conservation and the use of emission-free energy in its three mills, and is an industry leader in the use of wind-generated electricity. The independently owned corporation receives 100 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy credits (RECs) annually from new wind-powered projects, enough emission-free renewable energy to offset 100 percent of the purchased electric power required for its paper production and administration. In addition to a partnership with CA-CP in 2007, Mohawk joined the EPA's Climate Leaders program to further develop greenhouse gas emission goals. As an extension of this commitment, the company offers customers a choice of papers manufactured in a carbon-neutral production processes. 
Poland Springs' (Hollis, ME), water-bottling facility signed on to work with CA-CP in 2003. Poland Springs is working to establish a greenhouse gas reduction strategy in support of their previous commitments with Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection; explore options for supporting renewable energy; and showcase Poland Springs’ corporate commitment to energy efficiency, as demonstrated by the company’s 200 million square feet of EPA LEED-certified buildings. 
Prime Tanning Company Prime Tanning is a Hartland, ME, based supplier of innovative quality leathers committed to long-term partnerships with customers, associates, the community and suppliers. In 2009 the company signed a formal partnership with Clean Air - Cool Planet as part of an effort to strengthen ENVisibility, its program for reducing reliance on fossil fuels, toxic materials and the impact on the environment, exploring low-carbon energy sources and advocating for federal climate policy. The effort to go beyond compliance has already resulted in a 35% fuel savings as a result of changes in the industrial process at the primary manufacturing plant. Prime is also sensitive to growing concerns of deforestation, and pledges to purchase only domestic hides. Prime is a member of the EPA’s Energy Star program and complies with REACH. REACH, the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals, is a set of European Union regulations which identify and restrict the importation and domestic manufacture of chemicals. An international group that assesses the compliance and environmental performance of tanners has awarded Prime its second highest certification for environmental performance as well as its ConsumerSure and EcoSure certifications.
PSEG (Newark, NJ), Public Service Enterprise Group, a growing energy and energy services provider headquartered in New Jersey, has long been a leader in calling for tough national emission standards for power plants, and recognized the need to combat climate change as far back as 1993, when it joined the Global Climate Challenge Program and agreed to stabilize CO2 emissions from its New Jersey plants at 1990 levels by 2000. PSEG met this challenging goal, while supplying almost 2 million more megawatts hours (MWh) of electricity in 2000 when compared to that generated in 1990.
Regency Mortgage, Inc. (Manchester, NH), Regency Mortgage Corp. is a residential mortgage banking company specializing in conventional, FHA and VA, first-time homebuyer and reverse-mortgage programs, licensed in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Florida. Regency has always considered itself a local business, believing in socially responsible business practices and giving back to the communities it serves. Most recently, Regency announced an environmental initiative that included the formation of a company "Green Team", a hybrid car incentive program for its employees, a recycling program and more. Regency's president, Quentin Keefe, helped initiate and now chairs the Greater Manchester NH Chamber of Commerce Green Committee, which is helping to encourage local sustainable business solutions. 
Safe Handling, Inc. (Auburn, ME), Safe Handling operates New England's largest rail-to-truck transmodal facility in Auburn, Maine as well as an ISO-certified manufacturing facility that converts dry chemicals into liquid slurries for use by major industry across the regional. By replacing long-haul trucking with rail and by shipping chemicals dry instead of wet, Safe Handling is able to reduce truck-miles traveled by 1.7 million, cutting transportation emissions by 90 percent and transportation costs by 50 percent. After partnering with CA-CP in 2007, Safe Handling has become a leader in the Maine Governor's Carbon Challenge, instituting an internal green team and employee referral program that provides a bonus for conservation and efficiency suggestions that result in operational savings. 
Clark University, located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is a teaching and research institution of 2700. Clark signed on as a CA-CP partner in the fall of 2003, and is in process of completing a GHG inventory. The University has also has been a pioneer in on-campus co-generation systems, a very energy efficient way for large institutions to generate their own electricity as they meet their heating and cooling needs. Two major new buildings on the campus, a Biological Sciences building and the Clark University Field House, are currently being designed to achieve 
Middlebury College: CA-CP is working with Vermont's prestigious Middlebury College on a campus-wide greenhouse gas inventory. This effort underscores Middlebury's commitment to fostering leadership, awareness, and strong community values in its approximately 2,200 students.
Skidmore is an active partner of Clean Air-Cool Planet, and, in September of 2002, hosted “A Meeting of Northeast Campuses for Climate Action” in conjunction with CA-CP and the Green House Network. Skidmore’s environmental concerns are well established, and organizations like the Environmental Action Committee represent student commitment to collaborate with faculty and other institutions to address climate change and other environmental issues. 
State University of New York at Buffalo: The State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) began working with Clean Air-Cool Planet in 2005 on the UB Climate Action Initiative- a greenhouse gas emissions inventory that will lead to recommendations for emissions reductions and a program to educate the university community about climate change. The UB Climate Action Initiative is an extension of UB’s commitment to energy conservation that spans 20 years of leadership and millions of dollars in energy savings. Additional initiatives include annual purchases of 12 million kWh of wind energy for the last three years and installation of a 72 KW photovoltaic system on the roof of UB’s Norton Hall slated for 2006.
University of New Hampshire, Office of Sustainability Programs: Clean Air-Cool Planet is working with the UNH's Office of Sustainability Programs on a campus-wide climate initiative. The Office organizes its programs around four principal areas: Climate Education Initiative, Biodiversity Education Initiative, Food & Society, and Culture and Sustainability.
University of Vermont: The University of Vermont is consulting with CA-CP to undertake an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and develop a strategic plan for reduction. UVM's environmental council is currently working on projects involving green purchasing, waste issues, ecological campus design, energy and climate.
Connecticut Clean Energy Fund: 
Green House Network (GHN): CA-CP works with the Portland, Oregon-based Green House Network to organize and host annual trainings for grassroots speaking and organizing on climate change. GHN has a national speakers bureau of over 250 graduates, which has collectively this group has given well over 700 talks and have organized dozens of climate conferences and actions across the country. The core idea behind GHN’s programs is to multiply leadership supporting the clean energy revolution needed to stop global warming.
Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN): 
Maine Interfaith Power & Light, Inc.: The Maine Council of Churches and five of its denominational members created MeIPL, whose primary function is to work with the state's faith communities to purchase green power for churches and homes.
New England Science Center Collaborative: Clean Air-Cool Planet is a member of the New England Science Center Collaborative, a group whose mission is to address climate change “by linking research institutions to science centers and the public.” The collaborative includes members from science centers, environmental groups and research organizations from all over New England, and its programs are focused on research support and practical, hands-on environmental education that gives people the knowledge they need to take action toward solving global warming.