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-8 posts tagged "coal"
Maria Luisa Paul | Tuesday, October 15, 2019
For over 150 years, coal has been an important source of energy for Notre Dame. However, the Notre Dame power plant burned its last load of coal this Monday, marking the discontinuation of its coal-burning program more than a year ahead of schedule. “Notre Dame once relied on coal to keep the bellies warm and
Patrick Gerard | Monday, October 7, 2019
Patrick Gerard: Most people have seen the Notre Dame power plant, but does anyone actually know how it works? If you’re like me, you’ve probably found yourself wondering: “Does it run off plutonium? The screams of the damned? Are we about to have our own little nuclear holocaust?” In a desperate search for knowledge, I
Natalie Weber | Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Notre Dame’s coal pile is dwindling as it focuses on taking advantage of other fuel sources and works towards its goal of stopping coal combustion by the end of 2020. Assistant vice president for utilities and maintenance Paul Kempf gave updates on the University’s progress towards this goal during a presentation Tuesday afternoon. During the
Alexandra Park | Thursday, October 11, 2018
As part of the ongoing effort to become a more environmentally friendly campus, the University of Notre Dame said last month its plans to end coal usage on campus are at least one year ahead of schedule. The campus power plant will cease burning coal sometime in 2019, one year ahead of the initially predicted
Rachel O'Grady | Thursday, October 6, 2016
As part of Notre Dame’s Energy Week, senior director of utilities and maintenance Paul Kempf discussed the University’s approach to sustainability at a presentation Wednesday afternoon. “The strategy the University has had is to reduce our carbon footprint, and there are a lot of ways to do that,” Kempf said. “It’s putting new infrastructure in
Tommy Anderson | Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Imagine a region in this world where the air you breath is poison, the water you drink is ghastly and the land you live on is subject to utter destruction. Cancer rates are 50 percent higher than the anywhere else and birth defects are 43 percent higher than the rest of the country you live
Stephen Raab | Monday, October 12, 2015
I have no doubt that the author of “A mother’s worry” that was published in The Observer last Thursday is sincere in her belief that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident in Japan poses a risk to the well-being of her children living in Oceanside, California. However, I strongly disagree with the validity of
Jack Rooney and Megan Valley | Tuesday, September 22, 2015
In advance of Pope Francis’s historic visit to the United States this week, Notre Dame is acting on the pontiff’s message of sustainability and care for the environment. After Tuesday morning’s town hall meeting in Washington Hall, University President Fr. John Jenkins and Executive Vice President John Affleck-Graves held a press conference to discuss the University’s