University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===Environment and sustainability===
 
The university has a goal that all new buildings meet the requirements for [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] silver certification,<ref name="UNC Sustainability: Buildings">{{cite web|title=UNC Sustainability: High Performance Buildings |publisher=UNC-Chapel Hill |url=http://sustainability.unc.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=54 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018111936/http://sustainability.unc.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=54  |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=June 8, 2009 }}</ref> and the Allen Education Center at the university's North Carolina Botanic Garden was the first building in North Carolina to receive LEED Platinum certification.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ncbg.unc.edu/ncbg/aec/green-features/|title=Allen Education Center|website=North Caroline Botanic Garden|access-date=November 27, 2023}}</ref>

UNC-Chapel Hill's [[cogeneration]] facility produced one-fourth of the electricity and all of the steam used on campus as of 2008.<ref name="UNC Sustainability: Energy at UNC">{{cite web|title=UNC Sustainability: Energy at UNC |publisher=UNC-Chapel Hill |url=http://sustainability.unc.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=64 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002170340/http://sustainability.unc.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=64  |archive-date=October 2, 2008 |access-date=June 8, 2009 }}</ref>
In 2006, the university and the [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Town of Chapel Hill]] jointly agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2050, becoming the first town-gown partnership in the country to make such an agreement.<ref name="UNC Sustainability: Institutionalizing Sustainability">{{cite web|title=UNC Sustainability: Institutionalizing Sustainability |publisher=UNC-Chapel Hill |url=http://sustainability.unc.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=155 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018065602/http://sustainability.unc.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=155  |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=June 8, 2009 }}</ref>
Through these efforts, the university achieved a "A−" grade on the Sustainable Endowment Institute's College Sustainability Report Card 2010.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=
https://web.archive.org/web/20100620194946/http://greenreportcard.org/report-card-2010/awards
|url=http://greenreportcard.org/report-card-2010/awards|archive-date=June 20, 2010|title=Overall College Sustainability Leaders|website=The College Sustainability Report Card|publisher=Sustainable Endowments Institute|access-date=November 27, 2023}}</ref>

The university was criticized in 2019 for abandoning a promise to shutter its coal-fired power plant by 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/02/coal-plant-town-council-0224|title=Community frustrated with UNC's renewal of its coal plant over sustainable alternatives|website=The Daily Tar Heel|access-date=2020-02-13|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213215043/https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/02/coal-plant-town-council-0224|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, the university has announced plans to become carbon neutral by 2050, but in 2021, the plan was changed to 2040.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pequeño |first=Sara |date=2021-05-12 |title=UNC-Chapel Hill Stalls on Stopping Coal Use as the Climate Crisis Inches Closer to Catastrophe |url=http://indyweek.com/news/orange/unc-chapel-hill-cogeneration-plant-lawsuit-permit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211012434/https://indyweek.com/news/orange/unc-chapel-hill-cogeneration-plant-lawsuit-permit/ |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=INDY Week |language=en-US |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In December 2019, the university was sued by the [[Sierra Club]] and the [[Center for Biological Diversity]] for violations of the [[Clean Air Act (United States)|Clean Air Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pequeño |first=Sara |date=2019-12-04 |title=UNC-Chapel Hill Just Got Slapped With Another Lawsuit, This Time About Its Coal Plant |url=http://indyweek.com/news/orange/unc-chapel-hill-just-got-slapped-with-another-lawsuit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205063956/https://indyweek.com/news/orange/unc-chapel-hill-just-got-slapped-with-another-lawsuit/ |archive-date=2019-12-05 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=INDY Week |language=en-US}}</ref>

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