September 14, 2009

Colleges Map Hazy Routes to Limiting Emissions

Colleges Map Hazy Routes to Limiting Emissions 1

Carbon Free Technologies

Solar panels are installed at Arizona State U.

By Scott Carlson

Nearly 400 colleges are expected to submit their climate action plans this week, a major step in the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment. The heavily detailed reports, which took colleges many months to produce, map out strategies for limiting emissions for decades to come.

But the hard work has just started. From here, institutions have to figure out how to transfer theory into action, which will present a whole new set of challenges. Chief among them:

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