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"I want to come in and get a feel of how companies make decisions about energy efficiency," Anderson said.
The EDF program seems likely to grow, with some companies already in line for next year.
Nathan Rhoner, a GlaxoSmithKline environmental health safety and sustainability manager, said the EDF contacted him several months ago to see if he would want an intern this summer. At the time, the company, which is based in Britain but has major operations in the Philadelphia area, was considering interns for other roles, so it declined. But Rhoner thought the EDF's program was attractive.
"If the opportunity comes around again," he said, "we'll definitely jump."
A partial list of companies using interns this summer to find ways to conserve energy:
Advanced Micro Devices
Cisco Systems
Dell
eBay
Hewlett-Packard
Intuit
Raytheon
Sony Pictures
SunGard Data Systems
TXU Energy
SOURCE: Environmental Defense Fund
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