Kyoto Now! Demands Climate Action From Skorton

This week, Cornell joined 575 schools in the Energy Action Coalition to stop global warming, an environmental trend that has consistently gained prevalence on social and political agendas around the world.

The Energy Action Coalition, which consists of 41 organizations in universities across the United States and Canada, has united students in the Campus Climate Challenge, an effort to institute clean energy policies on college campuses. Groups in the Energy Action Coalition include Cornell’s Kyoto Now!, Americans for Informed Democracy and the Sierra Student Coalition.

Carlos Rymer ’09, a member of Kyoto Now!, said, “Global warming is the defining issue of our generation, and as Cornell students, we believe that Cornell should join other schools that have committed to eliminating their greenhouse gas emissions on campus. If we are to show our federal government that serious action is needed, we need to begin that action ourselves to show that we are ready for big changes now.”

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