GREEN-E FORMS GROUP TO ADVISE NEW RETAIL CARBON REDUCTION CERTIFICATION

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 22, 2006)--The Center for Resource Solutions announced today the formation of the Green-e Greenhouse Gas Advisory Group. The group, composed of key leaders in the field of greenhouse gas reductions, is supporting the development of a Green-e retail carbon reduction certification program.

The Green-e Program is developing this new certification standard to provide consumer protection and market support to the growing retail carbon reduction market and the growing number of consumers who recognize carbon as a main ingredient in greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. The Green-e Greenhouse Gas Advisory Group is providing important policy, scientific and market guidance to the development of the standard. The group represents many key environmental organizations, government agencies, businesses, and advocacy groups who work on climate change issues including: Interface, Natural Resources Defense Council, TerraChoice, Vote Solar, and World Resources Institute. Climate change experts, Seth Baruch and Terry Surles will also participate.

Building on Green-e’s track record of developing consensus through stakeholder processes, this new standard will provide environmental and marketing criteria to carbon reduction products, resulting in increased consumer protection for the marketplace. “The voluntary retail market for carbon reductions provides an important pathway for individuals, businesses and institutions to reduce their greenhouse gas footprint and do something to combat climate change. This standard will provide a framework for the market to ensure consumers receive the high quality reductions they pay for, ” explained Jan Hamrin, Center for Resource Solutions president.

Green-e plans to release this standard for broader stakeholder review in the fall. Those interested in participating as stakeholders should contact Alex Pennock, Certification & Analysis services associate, at alex@resource-solutions.org.

About Green-e and the Center for Resource Solutions
Launched in 1997, The Green-e Renewable Energy Certification Program is the leading voluntary certification and verification program that sets standards for renewable electricity-based products in three markets for renewable energy: restructured, regulated, and tradable renewable certificates. To learn more about certified renewable energy available throughout North America, visit: www.green-e.org, or call 1-888-63-GREEN.

Providers of Green-e certified renewable energy agree to abide by the Green-e Code of Conduct, and meet Green-e disclosure and truth-in-advertising requirements. All marketers that offer a Green-e certified product undergo an annual verification audit to document that the company purchased or generated enough quantity and type of renewable energy to meet customer demand and marketing claims. Over one hundred marketers and utilities throughout North America now offer Green-e certified renewable energy products. Collectively these suppliers sold over five million MWh of Green-e certified renewable energy in 2005.

Green-e is a program of the Center for Resource Solutions, a national nonprofit organization that works to make it easier for people and organizations to use renewable energy as a tool for mitigating climate change. CRS designs and operates national and international programs that support the increased supply and use of renewable energy resources such as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, low-impact hydroelectric power, and other clean energy sources. To learn more about CRS, visit: www.resource-solutions.org.

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