How do renewable energy projects help the environment?
Rewewable energy projects help the environment in two main ways:
- They produce low or zero carbon emissions
- They reduce the need for fossil fuel energy
When they generage electricity from the wind, sunlight, etc., renewable energy projects release very little or no greenhouse gases. This helps fight climate change.
Reducing our dependence on fossil fuels helps more than the environment — it also reduces our dependence on oil from foreign sources.
Brighter Planet
- What about contributing to environmental charities?
- Why did you partner with Bank of America?
- What’s your strategy for climate change?
- Conserve what you can. Offset the rest.
- Where does the money go?
- Good credit, bad credit
- What is your for-profit or non-profit status?
- How does the annual audit work?
Carbon Footprints
- What units and measures are used for carbon footprints and offsets?
- What is a carbon footprint?
- How do I use conservation recommendations?
- How is my carbon footprint calculated?
- How big is a ton of CO2?
- What are regimens?
- What is the average carbon footprint?
Carbon Offsets
- What is "additionality"?
- What is a carbon offset?
- What is "transparency"?
- What is the future-stream model for carbon offsets?
- What units and measures are used for carbon footprints and offsets?
- How will I know that I’m making a difference?
- What’s the life of a carbon offset?
- How is an offset retired, and why?
- How does Brighter Planet choose quality carbon offsets?
- What’s the difference between carbon offsets and RECs?
- What are campaigns?
- What standards do you follow?
- What is "social value added"?
- What’s the future of carbon offsets?
- What is "permanence"?
- How do you calculate offset equivalents?
- What is the estimation methodology for carbon offset amounts?
- What is "new construction"?
Climate Change
- Why stop climate change?
- What’s your strategy for climate change?
- How do renewable energy projects help the environment?
- What are publicly-available sources of climate change data?
My Brighter Planet
- How will I know that I’m making a difference?
- What are teams?
- As a cardholder, how do I view my rewards online?
Products
- Who makes credit decisions?
- How do I go paperless and get 1,000 bonus points?
- As a cardholder, how do I view my rewards online?
- Where does the money go?
- Good credit, bad credit
- What is a security code?
Renewable Energy Projects
- How does the portfolio change over time?
- How will I know that I’m making a difference?
- What is the Portfolio Promise?
- How are projects operated? What happens if one fails?
- What types of projects are there?
- What’s the importance of project diversity?
- Can I pick which projects I want to support?
- How is a project added to the portfolio?
- Where does the money go?
- How do renewable energy projects help the environment?