CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

Proven technologies are available at a commercial scale to significantly and cheaply cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions1 (See Climate Facts). The well-respected consulting firm McKinsey & Company found in their recent analysis that the U.S. industrial sector alone can cut its annual greenhouse gas emissions by 23% or more from projected levels in 2030, using existing technologies.

How? Some companies are capturing non-CO2 greenhouse gases from landfills. Methane, the main gas in landfill emissions, is 25 times more potent in terms of warming potential than CO2 and it's released from landfills across the country as a natural byproduct as waste decomposes. Although normally lost to the atmosphere, some companies have started to turn these emissions into fuel - reducing potent methane emissions and fuel costs.

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