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Wind farm future questionable, but CSU committed to reducing emissions
The collapse last week of a deal to build a massive electricity-generating wind farm on CSU's Maxwell Ranch highlights the university's struggles to significantly cut its consumption of fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. ...administrators say transforming the university's operations will take far longer than initially expected.
December 18, 2010
by Trevor Hughes
in The Coloradoan
The collapse last week of a deal to build a massive electricity-generating wind farm on CSU's Maxwell Ranch highlights the university's struggles to significantly cut its consumption of fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
While Colorado State University has made a series of small- and medium-sized steps, administrators say transforming the university's operations will take far longer than initially expected.
Fort Collins campus President Tony Frank acknowledges that the 2008 plan to "rapidly" become carbon-neutral won't be a reality for decades because the university can't afford to make major changes right now. Former CSU President Larry Penley had proposed the... [continue via Web link]
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