As the nation's Broadband company, we're helping to promote the Green benefits of broadband by building our network. Internally, we can take action by changing our daily actions to reflect our commitment to corporate responsibility.

Here in Telecom Construction, we have a fleet of thousands of vehicles on the road every day, consuming fuel and releasing greenhouse gases. With many vehicles reaching the end of their service life, we have a unique opportunity to upgrade our fleet while helping the environment. By switching to hybrid and bio-diesel powered construction vehicles, we would be making great progress towards reducing our corporate carbon footprint, as well as saving money on fuel costs.

In New Jersey, Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) is trialing a hybrid vehicle program with 1300 heavy duty trucks, expecting to reduce CO2 emissions by 162 million pounds. Verizon's similarly-sized fleet can also reap these benefits by utilizing this technology, but the time to act is now.