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Penn Scores Highest in National Green-Power Contest

April 30, 2008

"The Ivy League purchased a total of 222 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity, with the University of Pennsylvania alone accounting for 193 million kilowatt-hours, making it the largest academic buyer of green power in the country."

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Fact

Penn’s undergraduate major in Environmental Studies was the first in the country in 1972.

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