Strong Enough - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

I have seen several claims like this one — arguing that Sen. Obama’s meeting with Al Gore on Tuesday was part of a process to bring Gore formally on board the Obama administration as head of EPA, the Department of Energy, or “climate czar.” To my mind, the notion is absurd — if only because Al Gore would not subject himself to a Senate confirmation grilling. It’s even less likely that he would he divest himself or divert himself from the active pursuit of investments that would flourish under a climate czar’s agenda — which, to my jaded eye, appears to be the driving force behind his Fear, Inc...

Harvard: FAS Freezes All Faculty Salaries, Cuts Searches

A freeze on salary raises for all faculty and non-union staff members as well as a hold on the bulk of current searches for tenure-track and tenured faculty were among the cost-cutting measures announced in a letter circulated to department chairs in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences yesterday afternoon.

AndrewBlum.net: Carbon Neutral U (Metropolis)

Then there’s the LEED parade. Harvard is storming ahead with LEED-certified projects (12 completed so far, a task managed by a full-time staff of 18) and is seeking Gold (or equivalent standards) for the entirety of its new 130-acre campus across the Charles River from Cambridge, in Allston, which will see the addition of 10 million square feet of new space over the next 50 years.
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No doubt there’s more than a little peer pressure in all of this—a rivalry of the greenest. (For the record, Dartmouth and Harvard claim that honor among the Ivies, according to the Endowments Institute.)