Global warming and energy independence are on the agenda of a town hall meeting in Portland Thursday night. Oregon State Representatives Jackie Dingfelder and Ben Cannon are going to discuss the issue at the Portland Community College.
Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer will also attend the town hall meeting. He says Oregon will face great difficulties from the effects of global warming.
Earl Blumenauer: “We will be challenged because we will lose snow pack that we rely upon for energy and water, it will change our agricultural patterns and it’s going to make a much different situation in terms of storm events.“
Blumenauer says there are also great opportunities for Oregon in the fight against global warming.
He says new technologies such as wind energy could create tens of thousands of jobs in the state.
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