Variations of environmental analyses in the performance of American universities This essay seeks to compare and contrast two academic articles concerned with the issue of university endeavors in promoting a more environment-friendly institution. Revolving around five key points which will be examined in the two articles, this essay will look on the ways by which the articles discuss and delve into the general topic. The two articles I chose are as follows: Green, Greener, Greenest by Kate Zernike and The Green League table: How environment-friendly is your university? First, we will look at how the two articles proceeded with the discussion of the rankings among universities in terms of environment-friendliness.