Students & Community Groups Cry Foul As University of Oregon Increases Fossil Fuel Use By Over Fifty Percent

CleanTechnica
By Press ReleaseJan 16, 2026, 4:53 am343 ptsTop
Eugene, Oregon — Students and community groups raised the alarm today after discovering that, on January 6th, the University of Oregon began a pilot project, using an additional large “natural” methane gas turbine to generate electricity to sell to the local publicly owned utility, Eugene Water and…

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