Guardian: Universities should exceed ambitious national targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the government’s higher education funding body said today. Launching a new consultation on how the higher education sector can reduce its carbon footprint, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) said universities should aspire to cutting emissions 50% by 2020 against 1990 levels, and 80% by 2050. The 2020 aspiration is much tougher than the government’s legally-binding target …