Harvard Commits to Reduction Goals

HARVARD STUDENTS PASS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION REFERENDUM: 88.3% VOTE YES

Thursday night, the Harvard Election Commission announced the results of Harvard's Undergraduate Council presidential elections, which included a referendum entitled A Greener Harvard: Title II asking Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The referendum passed with 88.3% of the vote. Authored by the Environmental Action Committee (EAC), it read, I call on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to a level 11% below total emissions in 1990 by the year 2020. I pledge to do my part to realize these reductions while I am at Harvard."

This referendum is an overwhelming student mandate for Harvard to make a tangible commitment to a sustainable future by reducing its own contribution to global climate change. With this strong student directive, the EAC will ask FAS to setup a task force with student representation to work towards the 11% reduction. link