CSXT first transportation provider to join Maryland Green Registry

CSX Transportation is the first transportation provider selected to join the Maryland Green Registry, a voluntary self-certification program that promotes and recognizes sustainable practices by organizations throughout the state.  

The Maryland Green Registry
includes organizations that complete a best practices profile covering
environmental management and leadership, waste reduction, energy and water
conservation, transportation, and green building design.

"Maryland businesses like
CSXT already know that even relatively simple steps to reduce our impact on the
environment save money and create a healthier workplace," said Governor Martin
O’Malley. "The Maryland Green Registry provides an opportunity for these
organizations to share their stories and inspire others to take steps to
protect our air, land, and water, including the Chesapeake Bay. We’re fortunate
to have more than 80 organizations in our State who have agreed to come forward
and participate – including CSXT – and we hope to have hundreds more
organizations join us."

"Environmental
sustainability is fundamental to CSX’s management principles and good business
practices," said Michael Ward, Chairman, President and CEO of CSX. "CSX is
proud to join the Maryland Green Registry, and we look forward to working with
other participants to build a greener future for Maryland, where CSXT has a
long and proud history."

CSXT was selected for the
Maryland Green Registry due to its overall commitment to environmental
sustainability. CSXT recently announced a plan to reduce carbon dioxide
emissions by 2.4 million tons – the equivalent of taking 441,000 cars off the
road each year, or burning 5,598,000 fewer barrels of oil.

Trains can move a ton of
freight more than 436 miles on a single gallon of fuel, making rail transportation
three times more fuel-efficient than highway transportation. Efficient use of
fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions. According to the EPA, freight railroads
account for just 2% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
sources and well under 1% of total greenhouse gas emissions.

CSX is also a sponsor of
the National Gateway, a public-private partnership that proposes a
state-of-the-art rail corridor linking the East Coast’s international deepwater
ports and major consumption markets with the population and manufacturing
centers of the Midwest. The National Gateway will deliver more than $2 billion
of public benefits to Maryland by creating more than 10,000 jobs, increasing
the market access potential for the Port of Baltimore by 114 percent,
eliminating more than two million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, reducing
highway congestion and shifting 1.6 billion freight truck miles to rail.

CSXT has partnered with the
EPA as the railroad industry’s charter member in the SmartWay Transport
Partnership and the first transportation company to join the EPA’s Climate
Leaders Program, leading voluntary improvements in greenhouse gas emissions.