About Adam Wiley

Adam Wiley Member of the Greenpeace Student Network, Adam Wiley is a resident of Denton, Texas and a member of Denton off Fossil Fuels; a group dedicated to moving both the University of North Texas and the city of Denton to move of of dirty fossil fuel energy.

Students Pressure University of North Texas President to Embrace “Green” Slogan and drop fossil fuels

Students stand for clean energy

Down in Texas, a region that is notorious for its oil and gas men, the idea of switching to 100% renewable energy isn’t exactly an idea that is catching on real quickly for individuals or organizations with the power to make it happen; even at a university that prides itself on being a “Green Light to Success”.

The University of North Texas (located in Denton, Texas) likes to pride itself on just how green it is, what they truly are is guilty of greenwashing. This university still uses 47 percent coal energy and 12 percent natural gas energy. This university also has a fracking site right on campus that borders a dorm! Yet they still plaster this image of being such a green school all over the place.

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