Covanta Energy-From-Waste Facility Operator Named Climate Action Leader

Covanta Energy, a world leader in development, operation and ownership of Energy-from-Waste and other renewable energy projects, this week announced it has been named a "Climate Action Leader" by the California Climate Action Registry.

 

Covanta operates three energy-from-waste facilities in Pennsylvania-- Harrisburg, Lancaster and Chester.

 

The California Climate Action Registry, a private nonprofit organization committed to solving climate change through emissions reporting and reduction, has named Covanta a "Climate Action Leader" for voluntarily calculating, verifying and publicly reporting its greenhouse gas emissions under the California Registry's rigorous program.

 

"Participation in the California Registry represents a critical step in finding sustainable solutions to greenhouse gas emissions and improving Covanta's overall sustainability efforts," said Paul Gilman, Covanta's Chief Sustainability Officer. "Climate change is one of the biggest environmental challenges society faces and Covanta is proud to be part of the solution."

 

 

Covanta is committed to supporting and investing in renewable and alternative energy sources. As a global leader in generating energy from waste, Covanta's facilities offset up to one ton of carbon dioxide equivalents for every ton of waste converted into energy by preventing methane production from waste (landfills) and reducing the use of fossil fuel to generate electricity, according to the U.S. EPA's Life Cycle Assessment methodology in the Decision Support Tool.

 

Covanta has also established internal goals of reducing its energy usage and improving its operational efficiency.

 

"We are thrilled that Covanta has earned the status of Climate Action Leader. We believe that Covanta's example helps set a positive tone and a meaningful standard of energy efficiency in the energy industry," said Gary Gero, President of the California Climate Action Registry.

 

Covanta is also a Founding Member of The Climate Registry, a nonprofit collaboration among North American states, provinces, territories and Native Sovereign Nations that sets consistent and transparent standards to calculate, verify and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions into a single registry, and a member of the Global Roundtable on Climate Change, a group of high-level, critical stakeholders from all regions of the world, who discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change.

 

A Pennsylvania-specific fact sheet on how energy-from-waste facilities reduce greenhouse gases is available online.