“Vital and advances environmental goals”

Catholic Energies, based in Washington, D.C., helps organizations use solar power. A recent initiative will allow Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington to earn “enough energy credits to offset the electricity costs of 12 of its properties across the District.” 

 Apart from their faith-driven funding, the solar panels are unusual in another way. They will sit atop a “pollinator meadow” of 650,000 nectar-bearing, flowering plants including black-eyed Susans, orange coneflowers and milkweed. The meadow is meant to reinvigorate local bee and butterfly populations. Source: The Washington Post. 

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