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Brown: Nuclear Energy Is the Answer to Climate Challenges, Environmentalists Need to Get the Memo

By Jacob Brown January 24, 2019

  All across the country, nuclear power plants struggle to stay profitable. Nuclear energy is currently the largest source of low-carbon power in America, but due to recent advances in natural...

(Graphic by Mark Klekas)

The U Stumbles on Path to Sustainability

By Taylor Almond April 16, 2015

The U has committed itself to be more sustainable, but so far, it’s not meeting its own green goals. The U signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), an...

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

U’s Relation to Fossil Fuels Complicated

By Taylor Almond February 2, 2015

  The U’s climate plan takes its own carbon footprint into consideration, but not its partners’. Jeff Wrigley, energy manager for the U’s Facilities Management, said the U used 1.8 mmBtus...