The upcoming presentations include:<\/p>\n
*Monday, March 21:\u00a0 The role of wetlands and oceans in climate change to be presented by Olivia Johnson from USGS and Michelle Abshire, assistant professor of science at VCSU;<\/p>\n
*Monday, April 4: Project Tundra-Can it reduce climate change? Presented by Sonja Kaye with a degree in Environmental Studies and board member of the Dakota Resource Council;<\/p>\n
*Monday, April 25:\u00a0 Can ND be carbon neutral by 2030? Governor Burgum\u2019s Plan (tentative).<\/p>\n
These three programs will be held at the Auditorium in the Rhoades Science building on the VCSU campus, all at 7 pm.\u00a0\u00a0 Questions? \u00a0701-845-7321<\/p>\n
A presentation titled \u201cFighting Climate Change Through Electric Vehicles and Legislation\u201d will be held on Monday, February 28 at 7 pm at Vangstad Auditorium on the Valley City State University campus. The event is sponsored by \u201cWhat in the World Is Going On?\u201d.<\/p>\n
Paul Jensen will be the speaker. Presently he is currently owner and partner of Green Way Energy, LLC and works as an advisor for fleet owners and local governments who are considering changing to less intensive CO2 fueling sources such as electrical vehicle charging, CNG, and propane autogas.\u00a0 Jensen has 45 years of energy industry experience, on power generation transmission, and distribution segments of the Utility Industry.\u00a0 He spent 25 of those years with Asea Brown Boveri corporation, a multinational Fortune 500 company.\u00a0 He has extensive experience in alternative fuels, electric vehicles, etc. and is a member of Fargo Citizen\u2019s Local Energy Action Network (CLEAN).<\/p>\n
Americans drive a lot, hence cars and trucks are a significant contributor to greenhouse gases. Jensen will discuss how bad global warming really is, and how switching to electric vehicles is imperative to reduce global warming.\u00a0 He will also discuss how the recently-passed infrastructure bill can be part of the climate solution.\u00a0 And he will give a brief summary of what is in the proposed Build Back Better legislation.<\/p>\n
This presentation is the first in a series of four climate change presentations \u201cWhat in the World Is Going On?\u201d will be sponsoring this spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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