美國供電大廠安特吉電力公司(Entergy)宣布自願降低溫室氣體排放，並同時購買了總計10萬公噸的溫室氣體排放額度。此項購買案是透過耐吉（NIKE）公司向環境資源信託購買，而經核實申請的購買額度，已超出其原先在世界自然基金會（WWF）氣候拯救者專案中所設定的目標。
每年收益超過100億美元的安特吉公司，供應電力給阿肯色州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州和德州近260萬用戶。安特吉公司環境計劃執行杜塞表示，氣候變遷所產生的可知效應，對於安特吉服務的地區特別容易造成影響；由於服務地區中有許多低收入的用戶，無法負擔氣候變遷引發自然災難後的重建費用，因此安特吉對於減少溫室氣體排放量相當關心。
安特吉公司已經實現其穩定溫室氣體排放量在2000年標準的第一項承諾，安特吉在2001年至2005年期間，每百萬瓦時電力銷售量成長21%，因此它在2005年之前已減少23%的溫室氣體排放量。
安特吉公司的下一項承諾是在2010年前將溫室氣體排放量降低到比2000年標準值少20%，而第二項承諾需要安特吉公司投入超過300萬美元，加入溫室氣體排放額度市場。
Taking advantage of an opportunity to work toward the company's voluntary greenhouse gas reduction commitment, the energy company Entergy has purchased emission reduction credits totaling 100,000 metric tons. The purchase of these credits was made through Environmental Resources Trust by Nike Inc., which verified and registered the credit as a result of exceeding its carbon footprint goals with the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate Savers program.
With annual revenues of more than $10 billion, Entergy delivers electricity to 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
"Much of the Entergy service area is particularly vulnerable to the predicted effects of climate change,” said Entergy Director of Corporate Environmental Programs Brent Dorsey. "Our service area has many low income customers who are least able to bear the costs of recovering from disastrous climatic effects, so Entergy is particularly interested in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
Entergy surpassed its first commitment to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at 2000 levels through 2005 by 23 percent while increasing megawatt hour sales by 21 percent for the period from 2001 to 2005.
The company has further committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent below 2000 levels through 2010. Entergy's second commitment includes over $3 million in funding to participate in greenhouse gas offset markets.
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