The Rice Thresher
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Rice will commit to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, according to an email sent out on Feb. 11 by President David Leebron and incoming President Reginald DesRoches. This change comes after Rice announced that they would go carbon-neutral by 2038 in 2013. According to DesRoches, current provost, Rice felt compelled to speed up their timeline due to the rapid advancement of climate change.
“The urgency of climate change has led us to reevaluate the timing of our commitment to become carbon-neutral as a university by a specified year,” DesRoches said. “Recognizing the need for more rapid global action, we are committing that Rice will become carbon-neutral by 2030.”
Leebron said Rice will focus on three main strategies to reach this goal: energy efficiency, cleaner sources of energy and carbon sequestration, or the process of storing carbon in the ground.
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