Hess Corporation's C-Neutral carbon offsets program has been certified by the Center for Resource Solutions. Hess, an East Coast energy company, is the largest provider of natural gas, fuel oil and electricity to both commercial and industrial customers in that region.

The program demonstrates Hess' move into the renewable energy arena. The carbon offset projects used for the company's C-Neutral program are a combination of landfill gas projects (certified by the Voluntary Carbon Standard) and renewable energy projects (certified by the Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy). The purchase of C-Neutral offsets against fossil fuel purchases will fund future projects, as well as supporting currently available renewable resources.

Gene Kutcher, the company's vice president of sales, acknowledged that customer demand is high.

"Hess is in a unique position to be able to offer our customers a comprehensive and flexible energy solution like C-Neutral," Kutcher said in a press release. "That's particularly important when you consider that [consumer and industrial] sectors are responsible for almost half of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions."

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