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Sub Pop Embraces Renewable Energy
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Step aside gardeners and money-makers-- Sub Pop has the grasp on green now. Fossil fuels are a thing of the past for the Seattle label, which recently signed on with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation's Green-e Renewable Energy Certification Program. Last week, Sub Pop announced that it has purchased enough Green Tags to match the company's energy use 100%, making them the first Green-e certified label in the U.S. Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart! Go planet!

The renewable energy shenanigans kicked of earlier this year when Sub Pop's Kelley Stoltz released Below the Branches, the first-ever green powered album. Now, the entire label has jumped on board to promote climate recovery and help out Mother Nature.

"I was, quite frankly, shocked by how easy it is to support renewable energy. Green Tags are a simple way for anyone to choose wind energy, which, in turn, lowers dependence on burning fossil fuels for energy," said Jonathan Poneman, president of Sub Pop Records in a press release. "Green Tags fulfill an important commitment to both the planet and the Pacific Northwest, where Sub Pop is rooted."

Then he went back to playing hockey.

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