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January 20, 2009

Oregon school wants to be first all-geothermal campus

By JEFF BARNARD
AP Environmental Writer

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls has long used the heat trapped deep in the earth from ancient volcanoes to heat dorms and classrooms, melt snow from sidewalks, and keep the swimming pool warm.

Now they are drilling deeper to tap a hotter source of geothermal energy in hopes of generating all their own electricity, saving money and cutting back its carbon footprint.


 
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