

AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile collectively use millions of megawatts of power for their networks and, until recently, that's largely come from fossil fuels.
Thanks to consumer pressure, since our campaign launched, we've seen significant movement in shifting the industry to clean energy!
AT&T and Verizon continue to be laggards in the industry.
AT&T is a company with $168 billion in sales serving 150 million wireless subscribers in the US and Mexico. Verizon has annual revenues of $133 billion per year with about 146 million subscribers, and uses over 10 million MW of power per year.
According to the EPA’s Green House Gas Equivalency Calculator, the two companies’ combined electricity usage is enough to power 2.6 million homes. To address climate change, we need to be moving away from fossil fuels, and companies like AT&T and Verizon that state they are environmentally conscious should be leading the effort towards a fossil free future. We've seen major progress in the past two years, but there's still a long way to go to clean up wireless.
T-Mobile made a commitment to 100% renewable energy by 2021 and announced reaching its goal at the end of 2021. However, approximately 50% of this renewable energy is from unbundled RECS, which do not guarantee new solar or wind installations.
The three largest telecom companies - AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile - have a great deal of influence on the energy companies they do business with and the communities they serve.
Green America worked with our colleagues to create energy justice standards that all communication giants need to address to advance issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. See the energy justice standards for the telecommunications industry in part 1 of our report Calling for a Just, Clean Transition.
AT&T and Verizon need to adopt a goal of 100% clean energy by 2025, along with overall carbon emission reduction goals and a timeline to get there.
T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T need to rapidly increase their contracts that put new solar and wind on the grid to replace dirty energy, including coal and natural gas.
All three telecoms need to set clear climate emissions reductions goals that lead to a rapid decrease in emissions in the next decade.
All three telecoms need to fully address energy justice issues both internally and with the companies they are signing contracts with. Learn more in Part 1 of our report Calling for a Just, Clean Transition.
Learn more about the companies' scores in Part 2 of our report Calling for a Just, Clean Transition.
While forward-thinking tech companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google have committed to running on 100% renewables and are investing in facilities powered by renewable energy, AT&T and Verizon continue source the majority of their energy from dirty energy sources.
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1. How does using my phone use energy? There are two main parts of a wireless network that use energy whenever your mobile device is connected: the transceivers that…It’s officially been one year since Verizon issued a $1 billion green bond to, in part, help the company reach its goal of 50 percent clean energy by 2025. In 2019, its major competitors announced new clean energy projects, shifting their…
A lot can happen in a year…except at Verizon.
One year ago, the telecom giant quietly released its first major commitment to clean energy. After years of using a feeble amount of renewable power in its massive network, Verizon had…