BDN cites Dagher in article on wind power, climate change
Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center which is developing offshore wind technology, was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Wind power ‘critical’ to combating climate change, advocacy group says.” Representatives from Environment Maine, a Portland-based environmental advocacy group, unveiled a report Tuesday at Bangor City Hall touting the growth of wind power over the last decade and its potential to further reduce the harm of climate change, according to the article. Wind power, the report argues, will be critical to reducing human-made carbon pollution that scientists say fuels global climate change, leading to more extreme weather, a rise in the ocean level and rising temperatures, the article states. According to Dagher, within 50 miles of Maine’s coast there is a potential capacity for 156 gigawatts in wind capacity, which could significantly reduce carbon emissions.