First Solar safeway in Dublin, California.

Not far away from where I live, Safeway opened a grocery shop that now powered by Solar energy. I have visited this store earlier to experience the wind powered gas station. I do not usually shop at safeway but to show support, now I will divide my shopping between safeway and Whole foods (Also solar powered for a long time, since 2002). New reporters get the facts right!
Safeway Inc. unveiled it's first-ever solar powered grocery store. Company adds solar program to its extensive "green power" initiative. Congressman Jerry McNerney joins Safeway official for tour of acre-wide rooftop solar array. Panels provide energy for the 55,000-square-foot store. Store's existing gas station already powered by wind energy.

Solar and wind energy are just part of Safeway's extensive company-wide environmental focus. The company has invested in other retail-based energy savings strategies to reduce the company's carbon power demand such has new energy-efficient refrigeration and lighting. Safeway is one of the largest retail recyclers of paper, cardboard, plastic and other materials. The company is at the recently joined the Chicago Climate Exchange, the world's first and North America's only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction registry and trading program. Safeway has committed to reduce its carbon footprint from the base year 2000 by 390,000 tons of carbon dioxide. Additionally, each year Safeway recycles enough paper, cardboard, plastic and other materials to fill a football field 190 feet high.

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