Word: eac
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...reduction than Yale has committed to make in the same time period. But it’s a task much easier voted for than done. For one, the FAS energy output has increased by a third since 1991, according to figures in a report by the Environmental Action Committee (EAC), the group that promoted the resolution. And FAS is likely to use even more energy as it grows by leaps and bounds over the next several years. The school currently occupies approximately 8.9 million square feet, and it’s expanding by 11 percent in the next year, according...
...presidential election was not the only item on the ballot. Students overwhelmingly favored the Environmental Action Referendum, which received over 88.3 percent of the votes. The EAC called for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions...
...recent meeting with students, FAS Executive Dean Nancy L. Maull agreed to set up an Energy Audit Task Force to recommend a target reduction for greenhouse gas emissions, according to Jake C. Levine ’06-’07, co-chair of the Environmental Action Committee (EAC), which supported the UC bill...
...EAC co-chair Spring Greeney ’09, said specifics were excluded from the referendum because detailed planning can only occur once a task force has been established...
...It’s unfortunate that the EAC has pushed its ideals at the price of a responsible and informative campaign. Campaigners should instead have focused their energies on pressuring FAS for such an analysis. However students vote this week, it is certain that the solution to the world’s problems won’t emerge from this brand of reckless environmentalism...