Students want campus to move to cleaner heat
University of North Dakota officials say they will release a plan early next year to switch to cleaner-burning fuel. UND students who are members of the Sierra Club demonstrated Wednesday in front of the coal-fired steam plant on campus, saying it was responsible for more than 60 percent of the university’s carbon emissions. They want UND to shut it down.
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GRAND FORKS (AP) — University of North Dakota officials say they will release a plan early next year to switch to cleaner-burning fuel.
UND students who are members of the Sierra Club demonstrated Wednesday in front of the coal-fired steam plant on campus, saying it was responsible for more than 60 percent of the university’s carbon emissions. They want UND to shut it down.
UND said the steam plant used 55,200 tons of coal last year. Its figures on carbon dioxide come from 2007, when it said the plant produced more than 80,000 metric tons of CO2.
UND Facilities Director Larry Zitzow said UND’s “plan of action” to be published Jan. 15 would include steps toward shutting down the plant and reducing carbon emissions.
The Sierra Club-led campaign was held Wednesday on campuses around the country. The environmental group said 60 campuses have their own coal-burning power plants.
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