For the past 4 years, Intel has been recognized as the largest voluntary purchaser of green power in the United States, under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership program.
Lawyers argued that because Chris Bowen, Australia's immigration minister, could not guarantee their protection, he had no powerunder Australia's Migration Act to send them to Malaysia.
On December 21, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency carried out its obligation under the 1990 Clean Air Act and demanded that coal-fired power plants implement the available technologies to reduce their emissions by 90 percent.