Wednesday, June 28, 2006
UNC belches hot air over CO2 emissions
UNC News release -- UNC, Town of Chapel Hill become first town-gown pair to pledge carbon reduction plan
Earlier today, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor representing the United States at an international environmental conference in England filed the university's pledge that made the commitment official on the website of the Carbon Reduction, or CRed, program.
Consider the irony of an institution making a pledge to reduce CO2 emissions by sending someone across the ocean on an airliner.
These professor-types love to talk the talk, but they squeal like heck if you suggest they might use the photocopier less often or cut back on their travel budgets.
And does anyone else find the phrase "town-gown pair" especially irksome? ¶ 6:36 PM
Earlier today, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor representing the United States at an international environmental conference in England filed the university's pledge that made the commitment official on the website of the Carbon Reduction, or CRed, program.
Consider the irony of an institution making a pledge to reduce CO2 emissions by sending someone across the ocean on an airliner.
These professor-types love to talk the talk, but they squeal like heck if you suggest they might use the photocopier less often or cut back on their travel budgets.
And does anyone else find the phrase "town-gown pair" especially irksome? ¶ 6:36 PM
