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Clean Energy Guide

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

http://www.cleanenergyguide.org.nz

The electricity you use at home has a direct impact on the environment. It can contribute to climate change.

Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas to generate electricity contributes to climate change – which is the biggest and most serious environmental threat that we face. Melting glaciers, rising sea levels and more extreme weather events are all signs that dangerous climate change is already beginning.

But using clean, renewable energy like wind and solar does not produce harmful climate-changing and toxic pollution.

As a consumer you have the power to choose clean electricity and reject dirty fossil fuel based energy!

The Clean Energy Guide provides the information you need to switch to a clean, renewable electricity provider and help stop dangerous climate change. With consumer pressure we can discourage energy companies from using fossil fuels and encourage them to move to clean renewable energy.

In the past it has been difficult to choose a cleaner electricity provider because of a lack of information but that has changed. Greenpeace has collated the information for you to make the choice easy.

We investigated electricity providers in New Zealand and looked at how they currently generate electricity, their future generation plans and their policies for the future regarding renewable energy and fossil fuels...

For full details, visit the Clean Energy Guide website

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