As the United States takes steps to address climate change, renewable energy development (particularly wind and solar) has become a critical component in reducing the nation’s carbon emissions. But as with many things, these new energy options bring their own sets of problems….and opportunities.
This is the message being shared by Dr. Steve Grodsky, assistant professor of natural resources and the environment at Cornell University and an Assistant Unit Leader with the U.S. Geological Survey’s New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He will be giving a special presentation for the public Thursday evening at 7 p.m. (MST) at the MonDak Heritage Center entitled “Ecology of the energy transition: plants, animals, people, and planet”. This presentation is being hosted by Sidney’s USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory.
The social and environmental impacts of energy development are many, including…
