UW-La Crosse Green Fund Applications Due Nov. 9th

Green Fund proposal applications are now being accepted for Fall 2013. All UW-L students, faculty and staff are eligible to submit Green Fund applications.

The deadline for submissions is November 9th. You can find out more at: www.uwlax.edu/sustainability. Contact Ian Wright, Green Fund coordinator at greenfund@uwlax.edu with any questions.

UW-L Now Educational Partner with National Organization, Leave No Trace

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse recently signed an educational partnership with the national organization Leave No Trace. LNT is the most widely accepted outdoor ethics program used on public lands — adopted by federal agencies such as the U.S. National Park Service and The Bureau of Land Management. Read more in UW-L's Campus Connection article

President Obama Outlines Climate Change Plan

Today President Obama outlined his new climate change plan at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. As part of his plan Obama will include new rules to restrict the "limitless dumping of carbon pollution by power plants. He will also promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.

In reference to current and future generations he said, "the question is not whether we need to act -- the overwhelming judgment of science, of chemistry and physics and millions of measurements, has put all that to rest." Obama will also direct the Environmental Protection Agency  to establish new carbon pollution limits for current and new power plants.

Watch a recording of the live event courtesy of USTREAM.


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