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Push for wind power sways choice

A budget proposal passed without debate by the Board of Managers this weekend will increase Swarthmore College’s relative energy consumption from wind from 18 percent to 35 percent through “energy credits,” to increase the environmental sustainability on campus.

College Vice President Maurice Eldridge ‘61 said that as the Board of Managers’ primary responsibility was “fiduciary” in nature, the fact that the additional costs for the wind credits were reconciled by shifts within the existing…

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