PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — Peninsula College is reducing its carbon footprint by urging bus ridership, recycling paper products and using environmentally-friendly construction methods.
The Peninsula Daily News reports the campus ranks second best among eight Washington community colleges that have taken already inventory of how much greenhouse gases it releases.
Thirty-two colleges and universities in Washington have pledged to reduce their carbon footprint by signing onto the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.
The Port Angeles campus produced 12.1 metric tons of carbon dioxide per 1,000 square feet. Commuters accounted for the college’s largest single source of greenhouse gases.
