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UC
San Diego
named ‘Climate
Protection Champion’ by City
April 23, 2008
, By Jim Gogek
UC
San Diego received the San Diego Climate Protection Champion award from
Mayor Jerry Sanders and Council President Scott Peters for the
university’s commitment to significantly reduce greenhouse gas
emissions in the
San Diego
region.
UC
San Diego was recognized for becoming the first campus on the West Coast
to join the Chicago Climate Exchange,
North America
’s only voluntary, legally binding trading system to reduce emissions
of greenhouse gases. UC San Diego also was the first university in
California
to be recognized by the California Climate Action Registry as a
“Climate Action Leader.”
Receiving
the award for UC San Diego were Lisa Shaffer, executive director of the
UC San Diego Sustainability Initiative, and Russell Thackston, Interim
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Auxiliary and Plant Services at UC San Diego.
A
world leader in climate science research, UC San Diego works with
communities, governments, businesses and organizations to create one of
the greenest university campuses and to promote environmental
sustainability on local, national and global levels. Students, faculty
and university staff work collaboratively in a campuswide commitment to
find solutions to climate change. UC San Diego plans to self-generate
7.4 megawatts of green energy within the next year, which will be 10-15
percent of its total electricity usage. The
U.S.
Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, signed in 2006 by Mayor Jerry
Sanders, launched the City’s Climate Protection Champion Award, which
encourages businesses, nonprofit organizations and academic institutions
to significantly reduce global warming emissions in the
San Diego
region. Also receiving awards were Bank of America and Amylin
Pharmaceuticals.
Media
Contact: Jim Gogek,
858-692-5401
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