Published by Easy Branches: The Granite students’ efforts follow successful bids for similar clean energy commitments from the Salt Lake City School District in 2020 and the Park City School District in 2021 — both of which were championed by local students, who the Sierra Club also helped. The initiatives have unfolded in a state where K-12 buildings rank as some of the highest producers of carbon emissions per million square feet nationally. That’s according to a 2021 study from New Buildings Institute, Coalition for Climate Education Policy and UndauntedK12.
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