This College Is Small But Green

Tiny College of the Atlantic, with 300 students and only one major, human ecology, has become the nation's first "carbon-neutral" campus, school officials said Wednesday. The private college said it has offset emissions of 2,488 tons over the past 15 months by investing in a greenhouse gas reduction project in Oregon. The cost: about $25,000. The school is among more than 450 universities and colleges to take "net-zero" pledges through the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment program. Read more at:
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