Apple, Intel, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Kohl’s, Dell and The North Face were among 24 organizations that won the EPA’s 13th annual Green Power Leadership awards for their achievements in advancing the nation’s renewable electricity market.

The EPA says the winners are moving closer to President Obama’s climate change action plan by taking initiative with green power, including solar, wind, geothermal, biogas and low-impact hydroelectric sources. Of the 24 winners, 21 are what it calls green power partners and three are suppliers, that were chosen out of a pool of 1,500 partners,  including Fortune 500 companies, small and medium sized businesses, local, state and federal governments, and colleges and universities.

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