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Yale Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 17%
02.06.08 By Yale Office of Public Affairs - Website Yale has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% since committing to a steep reduction in 2005, President Richard C. Levin reported in a speech at the University of Copenhagen on Jan. 21. Additional projects planned by the University will produce a...
Plans to Cap Greenhouse Gases Target Fossil Fuels at Their Source
It’s rare when scientists, economists, policy wonks, environmentalists, corporate CEOs, the American public and members of Congress from both parties all want to paddle the ship of state in the same general direction. Just such a blue-moon consensus has formed around the issue of global climate change. With one key exception – President George W. Bush – parties on all sides, including a number of energy companies, agree that the United States must regulate greenhouse gases, especially the carbon dioxide (CO2) that accounts for about 85 percent of such emissions each year.
Kroon Hall Rainwater Harvesting System to Save Half-Million Gallons a Year
01.03.08 To qualify for a platinum rating – the highest set by the U. S. Green Building Council – Kroon Hall must produce nearly as much energy as it consumes through features such as solar panels, solar water heaters, natural light and ventilation. Of the underground features, the most exciting may be...
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Listen to both commercials, or call 1-800-YALE-ECO for more information about the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.New Faculty to Explore Religion, Environmental Ethics
Two prominent scholars in the fields of religion, ecology and environmental ethics have been granted five-year appointments at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, effective July 1.Program to Encourage 'Green' Industry in Developing Countries
A Yale research team is introducing a program that will encourage the adoption of environmentally friendly industrial activity in developing countries.
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