Princeton Sustainability
December 31, 2009 ・ Shana WeberRuthie Schwab, a member of the class of 2009, tended the summer squash in the organic garden students created in summer 2008 north of Forbes College. With help from several University departments and funding from the High Meadows Foundation, the…
Research & Center Fall/Winter 2009
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersCarbon Mitigation Initiative Craig Arnold, associate professor of MAE, becomes acting co-director of CMI while Rob Socolow is on sabbatical during 2009–2010. CMI announces new members of the CMI Advisory Council: Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Michael…
NASA, Google Offer More Precise Emissions Tracking
December 17, 2009 ・ Seth Borenstein and Michael CaseyGoing Underground for a Climate Solution
December 14, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryCatherine Peters, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, tours the Homestake Mine in South Dakota, where she plans to test whether the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide can be stored safely underground. (Photo: Bill Harlan/Sanford Underground Laboratory) Hoping to…
New Climate Targets may not Change Daily Life Much
November 27, 2009 ・ Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Crunching the Numbers on Bioenergy Rules
November 23, 2009 ・ Vinod Khosla and Tim SearchingerA Force to Fight Global Warming
November 18, 2009 ・ Jennifer Greenstein AltmannPrinceton Takes Significant Steps Toward Achieving Sustainability Goals
November 11, 2009 ・ Ruth StevensIn its first report since adopting a Sustainability Plan in February 2008, Princeton University states that on-campus greenhouse gas emissions have decreased for the first time since the University’s energy-efficient cogeneration plant was installed in 1996. While the decrease in…
Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) Launches Redesigned Website
September 25, 2009 ・ Carol PetersThe Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) at the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) has just launched its new website: cmi.princeton.edu. The site now provides added functionality and content. Exciting features created for the new site include a searchable index of over 700…
