Thursday, October 29, 2009

Climate Progress: University Of Kentucky approves new $7 million industry-funded dorm named after “Coal”

October 28, 2009
http://www.treehugger.com/epa-tougher-coal-plants.jpg
You can’t make this stuff up, as this Think Progress repost makes clear.
A group led by Alliance Coal CEO Joseph Craft recently proposed donating $7 million to the University of Kentucky for a new dorm for the men’s basketball team. The catch, however, is that the dorm would have to be named after Craft’s true love: coal. The proposed change sparked intense protests from local environmentalists and students. One professor said that as universities become “models for new energy sources,” putting “coal” on a prominent building could “make it difficult to attract top students and faculty members to the university.”
Read the rest of the post at the source…

Climate Progress's Comment Policy

If you've attempted to post a comment at Climate Progress under this story, and had it, in your opinion, unreasonably rejected or snipped, please repost it and any additional commentary below in the comments. Please take a look at Guidelines for Comments if you haven’t yet.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Blog Archive