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The Complicated Reality of Universities Achieving Carbon Neutrality

Boston University, like many other colleges and universities, has an ambitious goal: to be carbon neutral by 2040. In order for this to happen, BU will need to decrease its emissions until it no longer emits more carbon into the atmosphere than it takes out. For a university that serves over 36,000 students, employs over […]

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How Renewable Energy Prevents Wars and Climate Change

The reliance of the European Union (EU) on nonrenewable energy has perpetuated the ongoing violence occurring in Ukraine, and the solution could be renewable energy. The acts of war that have occurred between Russia and Ukraine may influence the long-overdue switch to renewable energy in many major world powers. This is because of the European […]

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How BU’s Selective Energy Use Sharing Worsens Sustainability Awareness on Campus

On any given cold night in March, dozens of students take walks on Bay State Road. Looking up to the sky, they may see the windows of Myles Standish Hall, a residence at Boston University whose brightly lit rooms create the image of a checkerboard in the dark. Each day, warm bulbs illuminate pages of […]