A Year After Trump’s Paris Pullout, U.S. Companies Are Driving a Renewables Boom

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Most of the largest US companies are now using renewable energy in their operations. The lower energy costs associated with these projects make them economically viable for large companies, and now smaller companies want in.

Solar panels on the roof of a Walmart in Baldwin Park, Calif. WASHINGTON — When President Trump announced on June 1 last year that the United States would exit the Paris climate deal, many of America’s largest corporations said they would honor the agreement anyway , vowing to pursue cleaner energy and cut emissions on their own. A year later, there’s one area where that pledge is highly visible: renewable energy. Dozens of Fortune 500 companies, from tech giants like Apple and Google to Walmart and General Motors, are voluntarily investing billions of dollars in new wind and solar […]

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