Is Your College a Cool School?
Sierra magazine has named the nation's top 20 "coolest" schools for their efforts to stop global warming and operate sustainably. From Harvard's 17 LEED-certified buildings to Penn’s biodiesel recyclers, the magazine's September/October cover story spotlights the schools that are making a true impact for the planet, and marks Sierra's third annual listing of America's greenest universities and colleges.
Sierra's Top 10 coolest schools of 2009 are:
1. University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, Colorado)
2. University of Washington at Seattle (Seattle, Washington)
3. Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vermont)
4. University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont)
5. College of the Atlantic (Bal Harbor, Maine)
6. Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington)
7. University of California at Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California)
8. University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
9. University of California at Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)
10. Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio)
See the other 10 and learn more about the schools at www.sierraclub.org/coolschools.
Ok, Now It's Just Getting Silly
This week the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hit a new level of bizarre in its crusade against any sort of climate and clean energy bill: Chamber officials told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that they want a large public trial to discuss the science of global warming. From the LA Times article:
Chamber officials say it would be "the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st century" -- complete with witnesses, cross-examinations and a judge who would rule, essentially, on whether humans are warming the planet to dangerous effect.
"It would be evolution versus creationism," said William Kovacs, the chamber's senior vice president for environment, technology and regulatory affairs. "It would be the science of climate change on trial."
Yeah, our mouths are agape, too. If after being shocked, you are outraged and want to take action, join Climate Crossroads and help us push for comprehensive, smart clean energy and climate legislation.