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27 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Frank Princiotta <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Mr. Frank Princiotta <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 100 Longwood Drive <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone: 919-408-0796 <br /> Email: fprinciotta@msn.com <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1980 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Gender Identity: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: white <br /> Age Range: 60+ <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 /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <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/7EABEBD608FC3C651 FE75931 1319E7157/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 /> -1 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/7EABEBD608FC3C651 FE75931 B19E7157/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 />