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...greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, Yale joined these ranks by setting a target to reduce emissions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. Harvard once showed promise as an emerging global leader on environmental issues, but the notable absence of a commitment from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has allowed our archrival to move one step ahead...
This Sunday evening, the Undergraduate Council (UC) will decide whether to add a referendum to the UC presidential ballot in December that would call on FAS to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 11 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The vote will mobilize the student body, prompt debate in the dining halls about climate change and—most importantly—add to the growing pressure on FAS administrators to take action...
...past, FAS has consistently avoided commitment. In 2001, student activism led to the creation of an energy task force that did little and went defunct. In 2004, the administration sidestepped a proposal to add a $10 opt-out fee to the term bill to purchase wind energy. Given this history, it becomes clear that there must be decisive student support if anything is to change...
...emissions. Simply put, renovating historic buildings is not cheap. and it is unclear where such funding might come from. Moreover, students have a right to know, before they vote, if this referendum will mean higher tuition or termbill fees, if it might mean funding cuts in other areas of FAS (and what areas they might be), or if private and government grants or loans could be used to jumpstart longer-term efforts. Right now, students do not have the information available to make an informed decision on the costs and benefits of a long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction effort...
...Green Campus Initiative, and the Resource Efficiency Program—undertake various initiatives that save the University hundreds of thousands of dollars each year through reduced energy consumption. But these projects are either small in their expense or large in their monetary savings (or both); a vow to reduce FAS-wide emissions by 11 percent will certainly bring expenses but will not guarantee savings. By this spring the EAC expects to have data from a more detailed inventory of Harvard’s greenhouse gas emissions—and, in turn, a better idea of the costs of reducing emissions...