“The Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution for clean energy use at Cornell at its meeting yesterday in Willard Straight Hall. Students members of the climate action group KyotoNow! proposed the resolution. “
“The resolution, the Referendum for Green Energy Purchases at Cornell, will be included on the Student Assembly’s Spring 2007 election ballot. The ballot will contain a question concerning whether the Student Activity Fee should include an additional $5/semester renewable energy fee.”
“Matt Perkins ’08, former president of KyotoNow!, noticed a shift in the attitudes of S.A. members concerning global warming.”
“’There’s a stark difference: last year we brought a similar resolution forth and students were very skeptical. Today, they reached a unanimous decision,’” he said.
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Alright Carlos!
Now we just gotta figure out how to get the rest of the NY schools up to speed.