Global warming gets 'focus' at UC teach-in event
Kristen Pearson
Issue date: 2/4/08 Section: News
The University of Cincinnati participated in the largest teach-in in U.S. history on Jan. 31, when it was one of more than 1,500 universities encouraging students to find a solution for global warming.
The event, Focus the Nation, took place in the Tangeman University Center.
Eban Goodstein, an economics professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., created the idea of a nationwide teach-in where campuses and communities could become educated and hopefully put global warming solutions into action.
Todd Portune, Hamilton County commissioner, described the county's efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by 2050, the amount scientists said they believe it will take to keep from doing more damage.
Portune explained some environmentally-friendly programs the county has put into place, such as a partnership between Kroger and the Freestore Foodbank, which allows Kroger to donate meat near expiration rather than throwing it away, fueling county vehicles with alternative fuel and recycling wood from fallen trees and branches to be used as mulch.
Portune's goal is to "make Cincinnati a zero waste community."
"[This means] getting people to go green in all walks of life," Portune said.
Richard Beck, a professor of geography, gave an overview of global warming and carbon sequestration - a process discovered by the oil industry in the '70s that takes carbon dioxide and injects it back into the ground for long-term storage.
"The technology to do this is already in place," Beck said. He cautions, however, that one solution is not enough.
Larry Falkin, director of the Cityof Cincinnati Office of Environmental Quality, agreed with Beck's assessment.
"There is no one silver bullet," Falkin said. "We need different ideas to chip away at emissions."
Falkin outlined the city's effort to solve global warming by creating a climate protection plan. An 18-member steering committee guides 120 volunteers in five task teams to determine how Cincinnati can cut back emissions by 2 percent every year.
The event, Focus the Nation, took place in the Tangeman University Center.
Eban Goodstein, an economics professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., created the idea of a nationwide teach-in where campuses and communities could become educated and hopefully put global warming solutions into action.
Todd Portune, Hamilton County commissioner, described the county's efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by 2050, the amount scientists said they believe it will take to keep from doing more damage.
Portune explained some environmentally-friendly programs the county has put into place, such as a partnership between Kroger and the Freestore Foodbank, which allows Kroger to donate meat near expiration rather than throwing it away, fueling county vehicles with alternative fuel and recycling wood from fallen trees and branches to be used as mulch.
Portune's goal is to "make Cincinnati a zero waste community."
"[This means] getting people to go green in all walks of life," Portune said.
Richard Beck, a professor of geography, gave an overview of global warming and carbon sequestration - a process discovered by the oil industry in the '70s that takes carbon dioxide and injects it back into the ground for long-term storage.
"The technology to do this is already in place," Beck said. He cautions, however, that one solution is not enough.
Larry Falkin, director of the Cityof Cincinnati Office of Environmental Quality, agreed with Beck's assessment.
"There is no one silver bullet," Falkin said. "We need different ideas to chip away at emissions."
Falkin outlined the city's effort to solve global warming by creating a climate protection plan. An 18-member steering committee guides 120 volunteers in five task teams to determine how Cincinnati can cut back emissions by 2 percent every year.
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Ronald Cote
posted 2/04/08 @ 10:06 AM EST
Al Gore, Inventor of the internet, has pulled off another invention, that of "Gorebal Alarming", traveling all over the globe in his jet influencing people to turn off their lights to save energy and reduce the man made effects of warming. (Continued…)
Nick K
posted 2/04/08 @ 11:26 AM EST
I cant believe we are truely being coaxed into belief of a theory that has no scientific bearings at all... people save your money, when it gets cold again via the natural enviornmental process you'll will be driving your gas powered cars everywhere to make it warm again to no avail, because the effects of such things are so small in the pig picture. (Continued…)
Patricia Burns
posted 2/04/08 @ 2:43 PM EST
The root cause of the environmental declines we are facing throughout the world is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Once one-fourth part of the earth is destroyed (Re. (Continued…)
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Patricia Burns
posted 2/04/08 @ 2:48 PM EST
The root cause of the environmental declines we are facing throughout the world is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Once one-fourth part of the earth is destroyed (Re. (Continued…)
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