VANCOUVER, WASH. — Washington State University Vancouver’s Center for Social and Environmental Justice will present a free lecture by Eric de Place, policy director at Sightline Institute in Seattle. The lecture will be presented from noon – 1:15 p.m. and again from 1:25 – 2:40 p.m. April 10 in the Dengerink Administration Building, Room 110. The lecture is free and open to the public.
De Place spearheads Sightline’s work on climate and energy policy and is a leading Northwest expert on strategies to cut carbon pollution. He writes extensively about coal and oil exports, and is considered an authority on a range of issues connected to fossil fuel transport, including carbon emissions, railway congestion, coal dust, water pollution and economics. He also conducts research on demographics, storm water runoff, transportation, land use and economic security. Previously he worked with the Northwest Area Foundation, developing strategies to alleviate poverty in rural communities. He has a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame.
The Sightline Institute has released a study estimating the climate impacts of the proposed fossil fuel export facilities in the Pacific Northwest as equivalent to seven times that of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Desiree Hellegers, Center for Social and Environmental Justice, 360-546-9643, desiree.hellegers@vancouver.wsu.edu
Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu