Exhale Safely...Almost

October 25
Sketch of Trees by Chris Morris

Another update – November 1: The resolution is now further along and will reach the UC Regents, for the last official stamp, in January. It calls for a 25% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020, zero-waste by 2020 as well, and climate-neutrality ASAP (I believe this makes sense since the last target can be achieved with the help of emissions offsets).

Update – October 26: Time to backpedal, because it wasn't the UC Regents that voted, it was the sustainability steering committee of the UC Office of the President. Still neat, but a resolution passed by that committee isn't the extraordinarily bold decision that I (and the source that tipped off sharethetruth) believed it was. I apologize for the misinformation; this incident strongly compels increased vigilance towards future fact-checking. Thanks for the "hugg", shazam!

The original post remains for posterity:

The University of California has decided to go carbon-neutral. UC Regents voted in favor of the sweeping decision last Friday.

It's a monumental decision for the University of California, whose ten campuses across the state comprise a formidable student body of nearly 200,000 (and over 1.3 million living alumni, just for kicks). It was only October 6th that the first college in the U.S. pledged carbon neutrality, so this is some rapid action on the part of our institutions of higher learning. Indeed, campuses across the nation have been rapidly sprouting sustainable initiatives. We're not sure quite yet of the UC's precise timetable – the grapevine says the commitment is "as soon as possible" – so more details on the way.

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