A Sustainability Advocate Steps Aside

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By Scott Carlson

For the past several years, Anthony D. Cortese has been a tireless advocate for sustainability causes in higher education. Second Nature, the organization he founded, has been pushing the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, a pact that holds colleges to a difficult pledge: to reduce emissions enough to become climate neutral. And Mr. Cortese himself could be seen at countless association conferences and colleges, rousing students and administrators to action on