Summary: In the Spring of 2015, after campus activism and a report from the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) concerning the issue of fossil fuel consumption, the President and Trustees of Williams College laid out initiatives for reducing the College’s greenhouse gas emissions and addressing the community’s impact on global warming2. In the current more »

Background In January 2007, the Board of Trustees resolved to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with campus operations to 10% below 1990/91 levels by 2020; and to adopt the principles of sustainability. In fiscal year 1991, the College’s physical plant was about 1.9 million square feet. By 2007 the built area had grown to 2.4 more »