DETROIT - Chevrolet is purchasing carbon credits worth up to $5 million to help 11 colleges across the U.S. pay for energy efficiency-based carbon reductions and retiring the carbon credits to benefit the climate instead of using them to offset the emissions of Chevrolet vehicles or operations.
As part of its voluntary initiative to reduce 8 million metric tons of carbon from being emitted – the equivalent to the annual carbon reduction benefit of a mature forest the size of Yellowstone – Chevrolet during the last four years has supported U.S. communities in aggressively and ingeniously reducing their carbon footprint.