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Ten Institutions Receive Prestigious Climate Leadership Awards
Second Nature; June 5, 2013Second Nature Recognizes Sustainability Leaders in Higher Education
Second Nature; April 1, 2013Campus Carbon Accounting Goes Digital
Clean Air-Cool Planet; March 14, 2013Second Nature Announces ACUPCC’s 2013 Finalists for Climate Leadership Awards
Second Nature; January 24, 2013Second Nature Awarded Grant to Advance Sustainability at Minority-Serving Institutions
Second Nature; December 13, 2012American Meteorological Society and Second Nature Announce 2nd Annual AMS Climate Studies Course Implementation Workshop for MSI Faculty
Second Nature; October 11, 2012American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment Announces 2012-2013 Steering Committee Members
Second Nature, October 2, 2012Presidents’ Climate Commitment Among Top 10 Finalists for Sustainia Award
Second Nature, September 25, 2012Inactive Institutions Removed from American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
Second Nature, September 12, 2012ACUPCC Statement On The Release Of New Car and Light Truck Fuel Efficiency and Carbon Pollution Standards
Second Nature; August 29, 2012ACUPCC Report Celebrates Five Years of Climate Leadership
Second Nature, June 25, 2012ACUPCC and NACUBO Call for Federal Incentives To Support Sustainability on Campuses
Second Nature and NACUBO, June 22, 2012Ten ACUPCC Institutions Receive Prestigious Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards
Second Nature; May 1, 2012New Data Quantifies Environmental Impact of Colleges & Universities
Second Nature; February 16, 2012New Report Finds Higher Education Has Critical Role in Adapting to Changing Climate
Second Nature; November 3, 2011$1 BILLION ‘GREEN CHALLENGE’ LAUNCHES - Harvard, Stanford, Arizona State, and other leading universities commit $65 million to innovative energy efficiency financing initiative
Second Nature; October 11, 2011American Meteorological Society Partners with Second Nature to Implement AMS Climate Studies Course at 100 Minority-Serving Institutions Nationwide
Second Nature; September 15, 2011Second Nature Invites Nominations for ACUPCC CLimate Leadership Awards
Second Nature; August 31, 2011Inactive Institutions Removed from ACUPCC
Second Nature; July 1, 2011ACUPCC 2010 Annual Report Released
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ACUPCC; April 2011American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment signing on to be academic partner to the R20 Regions of Climate Action Alliance
ACUPCC, November 17, 2010Second Nature Announces new ACUPCC 2010-2011 Steering Committee
Second Nature, October 13, 2010Second Nature recognizes Pasadena City College for Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes Alamo Community College District for Climate Leadership Second Nature; October 11, 2010
Second Nature recognizes Warren Wilson College for Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes Dickinson College for Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes the University of Maine - Presque Isle for Climate Leadership Second Nature; October 11, 2010
Second Nature recognizes Cornell University for Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes the University of Pennsylvania for Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes Ball State University for Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes the University of California - San Diego for Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes Unity College Sustainability Coordinator for Individual Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes University of Montana President for Individual Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Second Nature recognizes Delta College President for Individual Climate Leadership
Second Nature; October 11, 2010Inactive Institutions Removed from American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
Second Nature; July 1, 2010New Report Shows Higher Education Sector Could be Model for Governments on Climate
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Second Nature; March 23, 2010University of Illinois Business Instruction Facility Achieves Top ‘Green’ Standard
University of Illinois; December 8, 2009ACUPCC Accepts Prestigious US Green Building Council Award
Second Nature; November 17, 2009Second Nature Launches Web Portal to Help Colleges and Universities Build ‘Green’
Second Nature; November 3, 2009Furman University Honored by Clean Air-Cool Planet for Sustainability Efforts
Furman University; October 7, 2009Colleges and Universities Across the Country Submit Climate Action Plans
ACUPCC; September 15, 2009- Climate Neutral Campus Report Released at
College & University Climate Commitment Summit
ACUPCC; August 14, 2009 - President Clinton to Present Keynote Address at
ACUPCC Summit in Chicago
ACUPCC; August 13, 2009 - Second Nature Takes Lead in Managing Support of American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
ACUPCC; July 8, 2009 - College president signs global warming pledge
Mount Mercy College; May 31, 2009 - New Guidance for Education on Climate Change and Sustainability
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ACUPCC; May 7, 2009 - MSU to celebrate Earth Day by signing commitment
Mississippi State University; April 18, 2009 - Signed, sealed, delivered: CC President signs climate commitment, with initial work done
Colorado College; April 14, 2009 - UHV steps up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Victoria Advocate; April 6, 2009 - Iowa colleges making good on pledge to fight warming
DesMoines Register; March 23, 2009 - ACUPCC 2008 Annual Report Released
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ACUPCC; March 2009
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