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"author_name": "Climate Justice League",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/climate-justice-league",
"title": "UO Just Secretly Increased Fossil Fuel Emissions",
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"description": "The University of Oregon was already the LARGEST single source of green house gas emissions in all of Eugene- and they just INCREASED their emissions by 65%. STOP THE BOILER PILOT PROGRAM! Why take climate action: With the federal government exiting the Paris Climate Agreement, declaring a “national energy emergency” to expand the oil and gas system, passing a slew of anti-climate Executive Orders, and preparing for other attacks on climate and environmental justice policy, It is more important than ever that local institutions like the UO reduce their GHG emissions by rapidly transitioning off of fossil fuels. Governor Brown’s Executive Order 20-04 "calls for the state of Oregon to reduce its GHG emissions (1) at least 45% below 1990 emissions levels by 2035" UO has committed to net neutrality by 2050 and upholding the emissions reductions goals outlined in the Paris accords. The City of Eugene’s Climate Recovery Ordinance set goals to “Reduce community fossil fuel use by 50% of 2010 levels by 2030" Why end the new CTG pilot This project will derail Eugene and UO's climate goals raising scope 1 emissions by 65% increasing gas use from 43,000 million British thermal units (MMBTU) to 71,000 MMBTU, the equivalent of burning over 4 million pounds of coal according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator. The increased air pollution and public health impacts associated with dramatically expanding fossil fuel use on campus, including increased nitrogen oxide (NOx) and fine particulate matter pollution in the campus area and across Eugene. The lack of transparency and intentional deception on the part of the UO office of sustainability is in direct contradiction with the UO's public charter and commitments to shared governance Why Electrify The Boilers The University of Oregon's campus heating system (the boilers) is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Eugene Building heat, which uses the methane boiler system, makes up 49% of campus emissions, meaning fully electrifying the boilers would pretty much meet these climate goals One boiler is expired and due for replacement, the UO has with held this information from the public in order to push out this electrification project further and pollute more in the interim RESOURCES Press Release on the new CTG system Thermal Transition Taskforce Report Thermal Transition Taskforce’s Recommendation",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/uo-just-secretly-increased-fossil-fuel-emissions"
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