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Top 25 Green Football Schools Ranked

September 2, 2014September 2, 2014 by Ken Jennison

The University of Washington is the no. 1 green football school, according to SaveOnEnergy.com’s ranking of the top 25 NCAA football schools this season. SaveOnEnergy.com compared the 25 universities with criteria including stadium sustainability efforts, number of active green organizations, waste diversion rate, percentage of budget spent on locally grown or ... Read more »

Methane Detectors Challenge Finalists Chosen

August 22, 2014August 21, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Five proposals have been chosen as finalists by the Environmental Defense Fund in the Methane Detectors Challenge, an initiative to identify next-generation technologies that will help better monitor and ultimately help reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations. The challenge is being sponsored by EDF and seven partner ... Read more »

First Agricultural GHG Offsets Issued

June 10, 2014June 9, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The first agricultural greenhouse gas emissions offsets have been issued to a Michigan farmer for voluntarily reducing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions by curbing the amount of nitrogen-based fertilizer used to grow corn, according to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). EPRI, in partnership with Michigan State University, developed the validation ... Read more »

Anaerobic Digester Supplies Onsite Energy for Michigan College

September 6, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Michigan State University in Lansing has commissioned a $5 million anaerobic digester that will re-use waste from the university’s farms and dining halls to create energy for several buildings on the south end of campus. The anaerobic digester will use about 17,000 tons of organic waste to generate 2.8 million ... Read more »

Ohio State, CSU Among Environmental Eight

March 29, 2013 by Leon Walker

Ohio State University, Colorado State University, the University of Virginia and five other US colleges have been named quarter finalists in the second annual Environmental March Madness, a competition to find the most sustainable university in the country. According to tournament sponsor Enviance, George Mason University, Michigan State University, Middlebury College, the University of California ... Read more »

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