Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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University preps for climate conference

As dignitaries arrive on campus, officials announce new plan to encourage sustainable practices

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, April 18, 2008

Four governors, two Canadian premiers, other dignitaries and as many as 80 reporters descended on Yale on Thursday in anticipation of today’s climate-change conference, headlined by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Before today’s ceremony in Woolsey Hall, when representatives from 18 states will sign a policy statement urging federal and state collaboration on curbing global warming, conference participants arrived on campus for panels, guest lectures and receptions. Yale seized the moment to announce a new push to encourage sustainable behavior.

“The goal is to...

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