College Climate Commitments Pass 500 Mark

College and university presidents are quickly signing on the dotted line to commit their campuses to be climate-friendly. Tulane University announced on Tuesday that it was the 500th signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. The agreement binds presidents to make their campuses climate-neutral, meaning that they will eventually zero out their net emissions of greenhouse gases—a formidable goal, which some presidents say will be hard to reach.

Tulane has a special interest in the issue, said Scott S. Cowen, president of the university, in the announcement: “Global warming is a phenomenon that affects us all. For...

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