Connecticut College - CC News Stories: "President Leo I. Higdon, Jr. has pledged that the College will make plans to achieve carbon neutrality and will reduce emissions of greenhouse gases generated by the campus.
Higdon recently signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), which seeks to address global warming by solidifying institutional commitments to reduce and ultimately
Higdon´s commitment places him as a charter signatory of the initiative, which hopes to have 200 college and university signers by June 2007. To date, more than 50 college and university presidents and chancellors have either signed the commitment or letters of intent to sign the commitment by June."
