Natural gas marketer purchases an additional 10 million pounds
of carbon offsets to mark World Environment Day, June 5, 2022
ATLANTA, June 2, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Natural Gas® (GNG) announced today that its
Greener Life® program which helps customers make their natural gas
use carbon neutral, reached a program milestone of 100 million
pounds of carbon emissions offset from the environment. That amount
is the equivalent to over 110 million miles driven by an
average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle.
"We want to thank our over 18,000 loyal customers who chose
Greener Life to manage their carbon footprint," said Keith Gallagher, director of mass markets at
GNG, Georgia's leading natural gas
marketer. "Together, we offset 100 million pounds of carbon dioxide
from the environment, and in celebration of that achievement and in
time for World Environment Day, GNG will offset an additional 10
million pounds."
Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held
annually on June 5th since 1974,
World Environment Day is celebrated by millions of people across
the world. This year's theme, #OnlyOneEarth, advocates for
transformative environmental change on a global scale. By
empowering customers to reduce their carbon footprint, Greener Life
is helping thousands of Georgians join this mission and take
collective action.
When customers sign up for Greener Life, GNG calculates the
estimated greenhouse gas emissions from their use of natural gas
each month and purchases and retires carbon offsets to balance the
impacts of those emissions. That means customers can be confident
their natural gas use will have a net zero impact on the amount of
greenhouse gases in the environment. For the average GNG customer,
offsetting greenhouse gas emissions with Greener Life is equivalent
to driving 10,000 miles less each year, according to the
Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies
Calculator.
GNG partners with Wolf Creek Landfill Project in Georgia and the Doe Mountain Forest
Improvement Project in Tennessee.
GNG purchases enough carbon offsets from these projects to offset
the greenhouse gases released by Greener Life customers' natural
gas use.
Greener Life has received Green-e Climate certification from an
independent third party, the Center for Resource Solutions. Green-e
Climate is the leading certification program for voluntary carbon
offset programs. Greener Life is $4.99 per month for residential customers and
$9.99 per month for small business
customers on GNG's standard price plans. For more information about
Greener Life or to enroll, visit gng.com/greener life or call GNG
at 877-850-6200.
About Georgia Natural Gas
Georgia Natural Gas is part of SouthStar Energy Services.
SouthStar is owned by Southern Company Gas, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO). SouthStar also operates
as Ohio Natural Gas, Florida Natural Gas, Maryland Energy,
Pennsylvania Energy, Grand Rapids Energy (in Michigan) and in other parts of the Southeast
as SouthStar Energy Services. SouthStar's subsidiaries in
Illinois operate as Illinois
Energy and Illinois Energy Solutions.
About Southern Company Gas
Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Atlanta-based Southern Company
(NYSE:SO), America's premier energy company. Southern Company Gas
serves approximately 4.3 million natural gas customers through its
regulated distribution companies in four states with more than
600,000 retail customers through its companies that market natural
gas. Other businesses include investments in interstate pipelines
and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. For
more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.
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