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Missoula fifth-grader asks city to consider more renewable energy as part of 20x30 goals
Summary
A fifth-grade student from Missoula International School presented a classroom project about renewable energy to the City Council and asked the city to continue work on local clean-energy efforts including a proposed regional green power plant.
A fifth-grade student from Missoula International School presented a short project to the Missoula City Council on May 5 asking the city to consider more renewable-energy options.
The student, who identified themself as Elia Gertrins (pronunciation varied in the record), said they were collecting classmate signatures to show support for more renewable energy and listed four reasons: environmental impact, higher efficiency once installed, lower long-term costs for solar/wind/geothermal and renewability compared with finite fossil fuels.
Mayor Andrea Davis thanked the student, noted the city's 20-by-30 greenhouse gas reduction plan and described an ongoing regional effort with Missoula County and the city of Bozeman to work with Northwest Energy on a proposed 50-megawatt green-power plant that could be solar or wind and that would make renewable power available for local businesses and residents to purchase.
Ending: Mayor Davis invited the student to stay engaged with city efforts on greenhouse gas reduction and said staff will continue working on the regional green-power project.
