At the end of the school year, the Energy Division awarded each school and principal with plaques of appreciation, while Energy Patrol Coordinators and Energy Student Patrollers were awarded certificates of appreciation. The Energy Division also provided the Energy Patrollers with a field trip to the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant and a picnic at the Grand Gulf Memorial Park. The ASU Church Hill swine and farrow facility is in a remote location away from the main campus. Because the facility is isolated, it will rely on the fuel cell to produce most, if not all, of its electrical power. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Oregon has become the first state in the nation to control emissions of carbon dioxide under a new law signed by Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber in June.
Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
House Bill 3283 requires developers to reduce the overall amount of carbon dioxide emitted from new power plants. They can achieve the net reduction by such means as contributing to energy conservation efforts, developing renewable energy projects, planting trees, and using the steam from the power plant for another purpose. The bill stemmed from a recommendation made by a seven-member task force created by the 1997 Legislature. But they recommended two major changes. One was to eliminate the requirement that power plant developers prove that the output of any plant that they proposed to build was needed.