Green News Archive

Ocala, FL —

Volunteers will plant eight live oak trees, four elm trees, 12 crape myrtles and six sable palms. There also will be some sodding work done to create a small park in the low-income development.

Avoyelles, LA —

Over a series of weekends this spring, CSX helped The Conservation Fund's Go Zero program address two of the nation's top environmental challenges — habitat loss and climate change — by planting 3,137 native seedlings across ten acres at Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.

Jacksonville, FL —

CSX, a leader among transportation companies in environmental stewardship, has obtained its first LEED® green building certification from the U.S. Green Business Council.

Washington, D.C. —

Early on the morning of April 24, CSX volunteers and partners converged on Anacostia Park in Washington, D.C., for an ambitious clean-up of the watershed.

Jacksonville, FL —

CSX Corporation, a leader among transportation companies in environmental stewardship, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with a week-long celebration around its network which includes rail yard clean sweeps, employee engagement and education activities, and local beautification projects.

Newport News, VA —

CSX Transportation reinforced its ongoing commitment to environmental stewardship with a recent $2,500 grant to a Newport News-based land conservancy.

Jacksonville, FL —

At the CSX table, students had fun planting vegetable seeds and learning about the process of photosynthesis.

Miami, FL —

More than 100 volunteers from CSX braved torrential rains and unseasonably cold South Florida temperatures to join forces with the Alliance for Community Trees (ACT), TREEmendous Miami, City Year and students and teachers from the Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy on January 9 to plant more than 200 trees in an effort to restore native species on Virginia Key.

Avon, IN —

CSXT is the first railroad in Indiana to utilize GenSet locomotives, which can reduce nitrous oxide and particulate matter emissions by 80 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 50 percent and switch to a “sleep” mode after a period of inactivity.

Baltimore, MD —

CSX employees, joined by representatives from the City’s TreeBaltimore Program, Parks & People Foundation and the Westport Community, spent the morning of Saturday, October 10, planting 50 large Redbud, Maple and Sycamore trees throughout the Westport Neighborhood of Baltimore.

Philadelphia, PA —

CSX will soon kick-off a monumental initiative – the planting of one tree for every mile of the 21,000 miles of track across its vast network.

New York, NY —

CSX recently unveiled four ultra-low emission GenSet locomotives, just hours after becoming the first major transportation provider to announce a voluntary emissions reduction plan.

St. Pauls, NC —

The wish list included hollies and daylilies, crape myrtles and knockout roses. Now, the small North Carolina town of St. Pauls is getting greener – with a big help from CSX.

Clean sweeps, community activism, electronics recycling and sustainability were all part of "Celebrating Earth Day at CSX," held April 15–April 24 system wide.

CSX's Michael E. O'Malley, assistant chief engineer-facilities, received the railroad industry's most prestigious environmental award, the John H. Chafee Environmental Excellence Award, which is presented annually by the Association of American Railroads. He was one of five railroaders nominated.

Indianapolis, IN —

A recent Future Farmers of America (FFA) visit to the Indianapolis railroad offices where students learned about the importance of rail to agribusiness, CSX green engines and the company's safety record was covered by AGRINEWS. Photo reprinted with permission from Indiana AgriNews.

CSX has developed an online Carbon Calculator that gives shippers the ability to make the best environmental choice of transportation options.

Jacksonville, FL —

To encourage the Jacksonville community to learn more about environmental sensitivity and gain a greater appreciation for the St. Johns River, CSX has made a $50,000 donation to St. Johns Riverkeeper®.

Award recognizes freight carriers that have made significant contributions to protecting the environment.