That's just really important, because beer production is high impact.' - Jen Kimmich, The Alchemist for the acceleration and adoption of sustainable bus practices. 'I think together as breweries we can advocate. But there are plenty of creative ways to mitigate the threats. Brewing the beverage can be water and energy intensive, and relies upon crops such as hops and barley that are susceptible to intensifying floods, droughts and generally warming temps. The declaration is grounded in the premise that climate change poses both risk and opportunity to the $246 billion beer industry. The breweries' pledge is a companion to a larger Climate Declaration, a call-to-action organized by the sustainable business group Ceres, and was highlighted by the Huffington Poston Tuesday.

The Waterbury-based brewery has joined its New England compatriots Smuttynose Brewing Company (New Hampshire), Red Hook Brewing Company (New Hampshire and Washington) and Allagash Brewing Company (Maine) and Aeronaut Brewing Company (Massachussets) in signing the Brewery Climate Declaration, which emphasizes 'using less energy, choosing clean energy and investing in new technologies' and recognizes that environmental stewardship and business acumen are not mutually exclusive. The Alchemist brewery has joined 23 breweries across the country in a pledge to reduce their operations' greenhouse emissions and to join the call for substantive action on climate change.

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