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Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Frank Princiotta Page 1 of 2 <br />Home Address:100 Longwood Drive <br />Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br />Zone of Residence:County <br />Ethnic Background:white <br />Gender Identity:Male <br />Phone:919-408-0796 <br />Email:fprinciotta@msn.com <br />Name:Mr. Frank Princiotta <br />Boards/Commissions applied for: <br />Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br />Name Called: <br />Year of OC Residence:1980 <br />Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br />Part time Instructor at Duke Osher Lifetime Learning Institute focusing on climate change, <br />give presentations on the climate change challenge at retirement centers, technical <br />societies, NC Science Museum <br />Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br />None <br />Age Range:60+ <br />Commission for the Environment <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />A chemical and nuclear engineer who retired as a Senior Executive at the US Environmental <br />Protection Agency with expertise in global climate change mitigation and air pollution control. <br />See my recent climate change paper https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-energy-and- <br />sustainability/article/we-are-losing-the-climate-change-mitigation-challenge-is-it-too-late-to- <br />recover/7EABEBD608FC3C651FE75931B19E7157/core-reader <br />Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br />I wish to assist the county in moving toward a low carbon future <br />Contribution to the diversity of viewpoints on this board: <br />-I have studied the global climate challenge in depth, read my paper: <br />https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-energy-and-sustainability/article/we-are-losing-the- <br />climate-change-mitigation-challenge-is-it-too-late-to- <br />recover/7EABEBD608FC3C651FE75931B19E7157/core-reader) <br />I have concluded the following: <br />-The climate challenge is daunting and will require all the countries of the world to drastically <br />educe emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) within the next 5-10 years. <br />-If we don't, the impacts in mid and especially later this century will be severe. Violent weather, <br />droughts, flooding are key impacts that Orange County will have to deal with. <br />-It should be remembered that current U.S. emissions are only about 16% of the global total and <br />Orange county's under 0.2 % of the global total. <br />27