Yale University says it has cut greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent since committing to a steep reduction in 2005.
Yale President Richard C. Levin says additional projects planned by the university such as using hybrid vehicles and wind and solar power will produce a similar reduction within several years.
Levin has directed Yale to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 10 percent below the university’s 1990 level by 2020.
Yale says its greenhouse gas reduction target is comparable to the reduction needed globally to keep temperatures from rising above a level that the scientific consensus forecasts would produce greatly intensified damaging impacts from warming.
Levin says Yale expects to reach its goal at a cost of less than 1 percent of its annual operating budget.
