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...particular issue is whether a $10 fee to pay the premium for such energy—mandatory or optional—should be placed on students’ term bills, and whether, if optional, such a fee should be one that students pay only by checking a box on their bill (“opt-in”), or pay by default with the opportunity not to pay, again by checking a box (“opt-out?...
...greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 40 percent over the past 12 years, a vote for a small optional renewable energy fee offers us Harvard students the opportunity to play a greater role in an environment each of us already affect. Think of a fee as paying a premium cost for a better product, or investing in an economically and politically stable resource that will lead to a healthier environment, all at the cost of a movie ticket. Ben Affleck movies never looked...
...renewable energy certificates (RECs)—tradable units that represent the output of a wind farm somewhere in the country. If the referendum passes, most of Harvard’s actual electricity would still come from nuclear and fossil fuel power plants in New England, while the premium it would pay for the certificates would go to renewable energy sources in Texas, Colorado and Minnesota, among other states...
...currently the most economically-feasible and technologically advanced form of renewable energy. And switching to wind power is easy—it’s not a matter of the University needing to build turbines. Harvard would simply purchase renewable energy certificates, which currently come at a slight premium compared to conventional sources of energy. Already, the School of Public Health receives half of its power from wind sources; meanwhile, the Kennedy School of Government is fully powered by wind...
...Rhodes scholarship is one that puts a premium on authenticity,” Buttigieg said. “ Above all, just...