of Chapel Hill jointly agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2050, becoming the first town-gown partnership in the country to make such an agreement.
Through these efforts, the university achieved an "A−" grade on the Sustainable Endowment Institute's College Sustainability Report Card 2010.
The university was criticized in 2019 for abandoning a promise to shutter its coal-fired power plant by 2020. Initially, the university has announced plans to become carbon neutral by 2050, but in 2021, the plan was changed to 2040. In December 2019, the university was sued by the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity for violations of the Clean Air Act.
== Academics ==
=== Curriculum ===
As of 2007, UNC-Chapel Hill offered 71 bachelor's, 107 master's and 74 doctoral degree programs. The university enrolls students from all 100 North Carolina counties and state law requires that the percentage of students from North Carolina in each freshman class meet or exceed 82%. The student body consists …
