The petition
We, the undersigned, believe that:
Given Columbia University’s role as an innovative and leading international institution, it has a duty to carefully consider the environmental impact of its actions. The University currently purchases the standard New York mix of electricity, the generation of which is a chief contributor to global warming. Columbia University should instead take the bold move of purchasing 100% wind energy. This could occur through Columbia reallocating its electrical power expenditures toward wind power generation, which in turn would be deducted from other, less carbon neutral, types of generation. This sort of policy has been adopted at other peer institutions including New York University, which in October of 2006 committed to purchasing the equivalent of 100% of its electrical needs from wind power through Con Edison and Community Energy, Inc. Therefore, this endeavor would establish Columbia as a leading institution among those committed to environmental stewardship. Little could reduce the University’s ecological footprint more simply or effectively than switching to a truly sustainable source for our electricity.
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