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Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:19 p.m.

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Univ. turns down emissions pact

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, February 20, 2007

As sustainability becomes a catchphrase on college campuses, 74 presidents of schools from around the country have committed their institutions to climate neutrality. But Yale is not among them.

Last week, the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, which is still in the initial phases of its launch, received its 70th signature. The signatories have committed themselves to assessing energy use on their campuses and laying out formal plans to become completely climate-neutral by eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. Although Yale is widely regarded as a world...

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