Colby College

Waterville, Maine

Achieved Carbon Neutrality in 2013.

Colby College Website

Climate Action Plan Reporting Platform Profile

Colby Neutrality Announcement Press Releases and Articles
Colby Achieves Environmental Milestone: Carbon NeutralityColby Press Release.  April 4, 2013.

Colby Leads Way to Net Zero EmissionsColby Magazine.  Archive – Spring 2013.

Colby Achieves Environmental Milestone: Carbon NeutralityGreen Colby.  April 17, 2013.


Announcement Press Coverage
Colby College goes carbon-neutral.  Boston Globe.  April 6, 2013. 

Colby College Eliminates Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, Declaring Itself Climate NeutralThe Chronicle of Higher Education.  April 4, 2013.   

Colby College nation’s fourth to reach carbon-neutral emissions.  Press Herald.  April 14, 2013.*

Colby College nation’s fourth to reach carbon neutral emissions.  Central Maine.  April 14, 2013.*

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Post Announcement Press Coverage, Updates, and More
Colby College Continues it Carbon Neutrality CommitmentGreen Colby.  July 8, 2015.

Carbon Neutrality and Solar InitiativesGreen Colby. 

Colby College solar project to be among biggest in the stateCentral Maine.  May 4, 2016.*

Colby Climate ProjectColby Magazine. 

Colby Tackles Climate Change with New Gift for Environment LabColby Communications.  December 14, 2016.

A Look at Colby’s Sustainability EffortsThe Colby Echo News.  November, 19, 2019.**

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