This year's Pennsylvania Farm Show will offset its total carbon emissions by purchasing energy from a Pennsylvania family dairy farm methane energy project operated by NativeEnergy. You can do your part too at the Farm Show through the CoolDriver program.

Energy to heat the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and power lights and equipment comes from fossil fuel sources, which means energy for the Farm Show will also produce about 298 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution.

Show organizers, in cooperation with the Departments of Agriculture and Environmental Protection have arranged for clean energy from a Pennsylvania dairy farm methane project to be put onto the grid to offset the global warming impact of energy used to power the Show. The impact will be the same as powering the Show with renewable energy or taking more than 2,580 cars off the road for a week.

"The Commonwealth is actually contributing directly to the construction of new renewable energy generators here in Pennsylvania, so this is truly a win-win-win situation for Pennsylvania, the family farms, and the environment," says Native Energy President & CEO Tom Boucher.

The major source of farm show-related CO2 will come from travel activities, is designed to help drivers follow the Farm Show's lead and neutralize emissions generated by their trucks, SUVs, cars, buses, and trailers.

NativeEnergy’s first on farm methane-generated electricity project is located on the Schrack Family Dairy Farm near Loganton, Pennsylvania.

While at the Farm Show, drivers can offset the CO2 from 500 miles of driving for $5 through CoolDriver, a new program from renewable energy company NativeEnergy and nonprofit partner Clean Air - Cool Planet. Contributions support new Pennsylvania family dairy farm methane projects and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Save the Bay campaign fund.

1/6/2006