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Environment and Sustainability

News about UB’s environmental programs and related sustainability initiatives.

5/23/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Barely a year old, the University at Buffalo’s Solar Strand has produced 1 million kilowatt hours of electricity.

5/13/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sixty-two percent of Americans now say they believe that global warming is happening and only 16 percent say it is not.  However, the percentage of climate change deniers has increased by four points since September and 46 percent of them say they are “very” or “extremely” sure they are correct.

5/10/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Most Americans want the U.S. to place more emphasis on developing solar power, recent polls suggest.

5/8/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bill McKibben, author of a groundbreaking book on global warming and founder of the global grassroots climate action campaign 350.org, will deliver the 2013 commencement address for UB’s School of Architecture and Planning on Friday.

5/7/13

Leading environmental citizens from Western New York will meet at the University at Buffalo on May 8 for an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workshop devoted to leveraging community participation as a tool for monitoring the environment.

4/26/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Bird lovers can exhale. Yankee, the male peregrine falcon nesting at South Campus, has found a new mate.

4/19/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Solar power plants are often located behind fences, on rooftops or in hard-to-reach places.

3/21/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Elevator B, a honeycomb-themed tower housing bees on Buffalo’s waterfront, has won a highly-regarded international architecture award.

3/19/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The work wasn’t glamorous, but it had to be done.

3/13/13

BUFFALO, N.Y. – State wildlife officials today safely captured a female peregrine falcon that had been nesting in MacKay Tower on the University at Buffalo’s South Campus.