BAR HARBOR - As frigid weather maintains its stranglehold on the state, the phenomenon of climate change isn’t immediately palpable in this tip of the United States.
But organizers of the third annual Maine Climate Change Summit, to be held next weekend in Bar Harbor, said global warming and its environmental impact reach everyone, and any chance to discuss the topic is a good one.
The summit, which begins Friday, Feb. 9, and runs through Sunday, Feb. 11, was organized by COA students and members of SustainUS, a youth environmental movement. It also is sponsored by the Sierra Student Coalition and a Planktos, a San Francisco-based ecosystem restoration company.
Saturday's mid-afternoon workshop focuses on a panel on science and technology with environmental engineer Robert Niven, who has been working on developing a cost-effective, environmentally-benign carbon capture and storage process, called CO2 Accelerated Concrete Curing. Also on the panel is transportation engineer and land use planner Jon Slason of Burlington, Vt., who has worked with organizations, municipalities and states to assess the impacts of development and land use changes while encouraging growth and economic stability. Additional panel members are solar engineer David Kaufman and COA 2006 alumna, Julia Clark who is representing Planktos, a company researching the role of plankton in carbon storage.
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