Saturday, July 4, 2009
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St. John's turned on to winds of change

Published 04/06/07

When students at St. John's College flick on their TVs, or when tutors power up their computers, they'll be supporting giant windmills miles and miles away.

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The small Annapolis college has started buying "renewable energy certificates" that support wind power.

It costs a bit more, but college President Christopher B. Nelson said the environmental benefits are worthwhile.

"This is actually a relatively low cost alternative. There is a premium, but the premium is within the reasonable range of affordability and we thought we could do our part for clean energy," Mr. Nelson said.

In reality, electricity from all...

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