College Pledges To Offset All Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The College of the Atlantic has become the first university in the United States to make a vow to offset all of its greenhouse gas emissions.

"The newly installed president, David F. Hales, said in his inauguration Sunday that the college will either cut the amount of fossil fuels burned in connection with campus activities or invest in emissions-cutting projects elsewhere to compensate. The school, which is in Bar Harbor, Maine, and has about 300 undergraduates, will also offset emissions generated by student travel to and from campus."