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my post from earlier, more optimism for the debbie downer gfy global warming alarmists to ignore or discount
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NRG, which built a leading electricity business from coal and other conventional power plants, is aiming to reduce its carbon emissions 50 percent by 2030 and 90 percent by 2050, the company said on Thursday.
David Crane, the company?s chief executive, made the announcement at a ceremony breaking ground for the company?s new headquarters in Princeton, N.J., conceived as a green-energy showcase that will open in 2016.
?The power industry is the biggest part of the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, but it has the potential to be an even bigger part of the solution,? Mr. Crane said in an interview before the announcement.
Businesses like Coca-Cola, Google and Walmart are increasingly looking to buy or produce more green energy as a way of reducing their carbon footprints, creating a potentially lucrative market for companies like NRG. This week, for instance, Ikea announced it had bought a second wind farm in the United States, part of its goal of, by 2020, producing as much renewable energy as the company consumes globally.
?We are working with these companies on putting solar panels all over their facilities, and it?s helpful for them to know that we?re heading in the right direction,? Mr. Crane said.
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