It’s no surprise that environmental alarmism is the fad at UNC Chapel Hill, or that the university is targeting coal as the perp. What is fascinating, however, is the passage near the bottom of this Daily Tar Heel story (emphasis is mine):
The University began a sustainability minor in 2008 and offered 307 sustainability-related courses last year from 29 departments in five different schools.
But the construction of Carolina North, starting in 2012, is expected to raise carbon emissions by more than 100,000 metric tons, according to the Climate Action Plan. This poses an obstacle to UNC’s plan to reduce overall emissions.
But Chancellor Holden Thorp said he believes the task force will spearhead that effort.
“We can always learn more, do more, and improve,” he said. “That’s what this is about.”
Moral of the story: the alarmists will always find a way to justify increasing their own carbon footprint when it gets them what they want.
