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BY TANNER SLAYDEN
STAFF WRITER
Two UNC classes are working
to make the proposals for Carolina
North more environmentally
friendly an aspect of the con
cept plan that has been criticized
recently by the town.
The classes Environmental
Studies 006 E, a first year seminar,
and 094, a senior capstone class
are learning about the plans for
developing Carolina North and try
ing to reduce carbon dioxide emis
sions by 60 percent at the site.
Carolina North is the proposed
satellite campus to the University,
which is planned to be finished
within the next 50 to 70 years.
“The issue is one of the top two
environmental issues facing us
right now, and Carolina North is a
great living laboratory for the class,”
said Douglas Crawford-Brown, the
instructor for the two classes.
Senior Collin Lee said his class
group is gathering information on
carbon dioxide emissions from lab
facilities, different forms of trans
portation and electrical appliances
to be used at the site all potential
causes of air pollution.
Crawford-Brown said the goal
of the courses is to convince UNC
to adopt the classes’ goal of reduc
ing carbon dioxide emissions at the
satellite campus by 60 percent.
He said he got the idea to
improve Carolina North’s air qual
ity from a summer trip to the
United Kingdom.
“When I was over in Cambridge,
the English government wanted
to cut down on carbon dioxide
emissions by 60 percent, and (the
University of) Cambridge was plan
ning to build a development like
Carolina North,” he said. “I made
a commitment to bring this goal to
North Carolina, and Carolina North
is a good demonstrating project.”
University officials have said that
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they will try to reduce emissions but
haven’t indicated by how much.
Students in the first year seminar
are learning how organizations and
state agencies make environmen
tal decisions and how to develop a
more environmentally conscious
site, Crawford-Brown said.
Laura Askins, who is in the
freshman class, said they have
been applying their environmen
tal readings to what they would
recommend to lower emissions
at Carolina North. The students
haven’t reached any conclusions
but have written one-page essays
on how they would resolve the pol
lution issue at Carolina North.
“We visited the site last week,”
Askins said. “The site is only like
two miles from campus, and it
would seem like people could just
take their bikes if there was a biker
friendly path.”
Students enrolled in the senior
capstone class have been trying
to come up with alternative mod
els for Carolina North that would
reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
.“I think that our work will be
very beneficial, even though the
University won’t accept everything
we propose,” said Emily Martin, a
student in the capstone course.
Crawford-Brown, who is
the director of the Carolina
Environmental Program, said stu
dents can bring their results to the
University and town officials. He
said this would help bring concrete
energy sustainability measures to
Carolina North. “Their results could
help the development as a whole.”
Students from the classes plan
to meet with Mayor Kevin Foy next
week to discuss the Town Council’s
involvement in planning for the
satellite campus and the town’s
interest in emissions control.
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Gay marriage ban falls short in House
BY ERIC JOHNSON
STAFF WRITER
A proposed constitutional
amendment to ban same-sex mar
riage was roundly defeated in the
House on Thursday, following the
failure of a similar measure in the
Senate earlier this year.
The final tally 0f227 in favor and
186 opposed left the House well short
of the necessary two-thirds majority
to sustain the amendment.
House Majority Leader Tom
DeLay, R-Texas, was one of the most
vocal proponents of the measure.
“What this is about is the fam
ily and the definition of family,” he
said during the debate. “A family is
a man and a woman that can create
children.”
President Bush also has voiced
his support for the amendment,
which states: “Marriage in the
United States shall consist only of
Area transportation to reduce greenhouse gases
BY TED STRONG
STAFF WRITER
Both ozone and greenhouse
gas levels are an issue in Orange
County, and local officials are work
ing to clear the air.
Additionally, officials say both
problems stem from many of the
same sources.
Dennis Markatos-Soriano, proj
ects director of Students United for
a Responsible Global Environment
in Carrboro, had a simple reason
for the problems. “Our tailpipes are
doing it,” he said.
According to the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Web site,
greenhouse gasses, including car
bon dioxide, build up in the atmo
sphere, allowing less energy from
the sun to bounce back out into
space after reaching Earth.
Orange County, Carrboro and
Chapel Hill municipal governments
have made a commitment to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions by joining
the International Council of Local
Environmental Initiatives. As part
of that commitment, members plan
to hire a firm to create a greenhouse
gas emissions inventory and action
plan for the area.
After Wednesday’s meeting of
the Assembly of Governments,
the governments now only need
to agree on minor details on the
scope of the work and funding, said
David Bonk, transportation plan
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the union of a man and a woman.”
White House officials expressed
disappointment about the vote
and decried the efforts of “activist
judges” to redefine the institution
of marriage.
Democrats called the debate
an attempt by Republicans to win
cheap political points before the
November election.
“You have a lot of Republicans
who are just ideologues, who don’t
regard anything as more important
than their ideological goals,” said
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.
Frank, who is openly gay, said
the amendment was brought up to
embarrass Democrats.
“They don’t believe in any rules,”
he said. “All they care about is win
ning the specific issue.”
House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi, D-Calif., said during the
debate that Congress should be
ner for the town of Chapel Hill
and member of the Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Joint Staff Work
Group.
The assembly is planning to hire
the Toronto firm ICLEI Energy
Services for between $40,000 and
$45,000 to study local emissions
and advise steps for reduction.
On the ozone front, the Durham-
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Long Range
Transportation Plan is designed to
reduce vehicle emissions. The met
ropolitan planning organizations,
including the Triangle J Council of
Governments, had to create a more
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focusing on more pressing matters.
“In the closing days of this
Congress, we should be addressing
the urgent needs of the American
people,” she said.
“Instead, we are meeting here
today about tarnishing our cher
ished Constitution with an amend
ment that purports to protect mar
riage but is one that benefits no
one and actually limits the rights
of millions of Americans.”
Polls consistently show that
most Americans oppose legally rec
ognized same-sex marriage, but are
unsure about an amendment.
A July poll conducted by CNN,
USA Today and Gallup found 62 per
cent of respondents did not believe
same-sex marriages should be rec
ognized, but only 48 percent favored
a constitutional amendment.
Amy Walter, political analyst
and House editor for the nonparti
comprehensive plan for reducing
ozone levels after the EPA desig
nated this area as nonattaining for
eight-hour ozone levels, said Karen
Lincoln, a member of the work
group and transportation planner
with the county.
Additionally, the American
Lung Association designated the
Raleigh-Durham area as one of 32
areas nationally with particularly
poor air quality.
Bonk said the biggest problems
from the ozone are health related,
such as the area’s orange and red
ozone alert days during the sum
san Cook Political Report, said she
doesn’t think either party is likely
to gain much leverage in debating
the amendment.
“In an election year where you
have really big, significant issues
on the table war, terrorism, the
economy issues like gay marriage
... tend to stimulate the very hard
core base for each side, but do little
to move swing voters,” she said.
Despite Thursday’s defeat, the
amendment likely will resurface.
“If the Republicans keep con
trol of the House, they’ll bring it
up again,” Frank said.
That, it seems, is the one point of
agreement between the two sides.
“This is only the beginning, I am
telling you, because this nation will
protect marriage,” Delay said.
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mer when authorities discouraged
being outside.
“It translates into real problems
for people that are asthmatic and
in some cases can cause asthma, in
fact,” Markatos-Soriano said.
Bonk said designations such as
those ones from the ALA and the
EPA did not help outsiders’ per
ceptions of the region. “It doesn’t
help our image as an attractive,
healthy place to locate a business
or relocate your residence.”
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at citydesk@unc.edu.
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