What you write and what others read is often different
I had an interesting dialogue recently with a writer at CSR Wire (the corporate social responsibility newswire). He wrote a piece that I felt unfairly criticized Green Mountain Power. Yet when I questioned him about it, he didn’t feel he had criticized us at all! Curious to know what others think.
Here's how it started: Green Mountain Power was featured prominently in GreenBiz.com's report, "State of Green Business 2008" for our work on reducing carbon in our operations and our low emissions fuel mix. Our achievement was picked up in USA Today and numerous other publications.
Here's what USA Today said: "As concern grows over global warming, Nike, (NKE) Dole Food, Coca-Cola, (KO) the Green Mountain Power utility in Colchester, Vt., and many others have vowed to become "climate-neutral companies" and reduce emissions from facilities, retail stores and employees' travel."
Yet Bill Baue took issue with the low emissions claim because a significant portion of our power comes from nuclear (low emissions, yet not popular among environmentalists). Take a look at CSR newswire and the conversation I had with Bill Baue. How would you have read his comment? And what do you think about low fossil fuel vs. nuclear power in the mix? Here’s the link: www.csrwire.com/News/10854.html.
Dorothy Schnure
Manager, Corporate Communications
Green Mountain Power Blog Team
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No more Oil Wars!
Stop funding the terrorists!
Drill in Anwar.
Build more nuclear power plants
Use More coal.
Use more natural gas
Turn trash into energy
Double the efficiency of windmills and solar cells.
If France can do nuclear power so can we.
If Brazil can do biomass/ethanol power so can we.
If Australia can do LNG power so can we.
Domestically produced energy will end recession and spur the economy.
Also, I think reducing dependence on HydroQuebec is very important. Many small streams have been dammed, destroying habitat throughout Quebec.
Third, I am in favor of wind power. A wind power farm near Lake Champlain would harvest a great deal of energy, in my estimation. And having a farm centrally located would reduce impact on bear, and other animal, habitat, in more remote areas.
Thank you for considering my thoughts.
Alex