The Choice Channel

“Concern over global warming has more U.S. college students looking into careers in alternative energy, leading U.S. universities to add new courses on clean energy technologies and the environment. ‘Students see an opportunity for challenging jobs and a way to do some good for the planet,’ Dan Kammen, an energy professor at the University of California at Berkeley, said. The number of Berkeley undergraduates enrolled in introductory energy courses has almost tripled and a new graduate class in solar photovoltaics signed up 70 students, the largest course in recent memory at U.C.’s College of Engineering.” (03/29/07)