Yale University announced it is beginning penalize campus buildings and departments that emit too much carbon dioxide.
Yale said it is the first university to implement such a carbon fee. The fee will be $40 per ton of carbon.
If a building manages to reduce its carbon footprint at a rate that is greater than what the university achieves, then that building is rewarded with money from the carbon fund. If a building fails to reduce its carbon footprint, it must contribute to the carbon fund. Presumably, the money would be added or taken away from the departments that work in those buildings. More than 250 buildings will be affected, the university said.
It came to the decision after three years “of study, discussion and experimentation.”
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