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Environmental
Issues Committee
November 7, 2007 EMU Oak Room Sustainability
Director,
Steve Mital, chaired the meeting. Chair Election Steve asked
for committee
chair nominations. Jim Blick nominated
Chuck Kalnbach, and it was seconded. The
vote to elect Chuck was unanimous. He will
begin his term immediately following this meeting. Climate
Commitment and GHG Study Copies of the
American
College & University Presidents Climate Commitment were distributed. In support of this climate challenge, Frances
Dyke has asked Steve to develop an action plan that would help the
university significantly
reduce green house emissions. She would
like the EIC to provide assistance, feedback, and review the plan so
that a set
of policies would be ready to send to her office by the end of the
academic
year. A portion of
the OUS Green
House Gas emission report conducted by Good Company, an independent
research
group, was distributed. Specifically,
pages 59 through 64, provides a snapshot of UO’s emissions status. Steve will e-mail the full report to the
committee. Part of
Steve’s job will
be to provide staffing support to the EIC in terms of research and/or
arranging
for experts to meet with the committee. EIC List
Serve, 2006-07 Annual Report, & Revised
Charge The committee
discussed approving
changes to the list serve, and it was agreed that only current EIC
members
would be on the list. Jim suggested
creating a second list serve for non-committee members or to add them
to the
environmental coordinators list. The
committee asked Steve to forward these e-mails to Karyn Kaplan. There was
concern about the
status of recommendations submitted in the annual report.
Steve will relay this question to Frances
Dyke and request for feedback. Changes were
made to the
charge at the conclusion of last year.
New committee members expressed a desire to discuss the
charge in
greater detail during the next meeting. The next
Environmental Issues Committee meeting will be
held from 11:00 - Noon in the EMU Alsea Room on Wednesday, November 28,
2007. Contact: Kay Coots, R.S., CSP Environmental Health and Safety Director Phone: (541) 346-5421 E-Mail: kcoots@uoregon.edu |
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