2008 Environmental Seminar PowerPoint Presentations

Overview of the Western Climate Initiative’s proposal
            -  Janice Adair, Dept. of Ecology and Chair, Western Climate Initiative

Responding practically: Understanding carbon markets
            -  Rod Brown, Cascadia Law Group

Measuring Emission Baseline
- Joseph Ray, Starcrest Consulting
· Creating an emission baseline for your port
· How have other’s done this?
· Things to consider if your port decides to create one

SEPA Change and Climate Change: an update on the challenges of using SEPA to assess this issue
            - Ann Farr, Consultant and WPPA representative to SEPA implementation work group on climate change
            - T.C. Richmond, Gordon Derr LLP

Emission-reduction strategies
· Improving fleets
· Improving fuels
· Changing operations
- Eric Leonhardt, Vehicle Research Institute, Western Washington University
- Dave Kircher, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

The outlook for biofuels
            - Graham Noyes, Stoel Rives, LLP

Low-impact Development & Sustainable Design: An Overview for Ports
            - Amy Dvorak, Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc.
            - Mike Stringer, Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc.

Stormwater Options and Low-Impact Development: What is Possible? What is Working?
            - Mark Buehrer, 2020 Engineering

Low-Impact Development on a Neighborhood Scale
            - Mike Hogan, Port of Bellingham
            - Sylvia Goodman, Port of Bellingham