 Air Quality: The SHENandoah Valley AIR Quality Initiative – SHENAIR- (http://www.isat.jmu.edu/shenair) is a group of citizens, elected officials, educators and regulators whose goal is to integrate economic and comprehensive planning with ecological considerations into a set of decision support tools for public and private planning related to air quality. For more information, please contact Dr. Christie Joy Brodrick.
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 Water Quality : The Shenandoah Valley Pure Water Forum (http://www.purewaterforum.org/) promotes clean water and addresses water quality issues through networking, education, and action in the Shenandoah River watershed. The Forum strives to build a community among citizen conservation groups, business and industry, agriculture, educational institutions, local governments, and state natural resource agencies. For more information, please contact Dr. Thomas Benzing.
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 Alternative Fuels: The mission of the Alternate Fuels Program (http://www.isat.jmu.edu/AFP) is to educate the public about the depleting global oil reserves and facilitate the transition to clean, renewable, alternative energy sources. Research interests include improved biofuel processing strategies, algal biodiesel utilizing exhaust gas CO 2, and production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural and municipal solid waste. For more information on alternative fuels, please contact Dr. Christopher Bachmann.
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 Renewable Energy : The Wind Power Applications and Technologies Team (WPATT) (http://windpowerva.org/) serves statewide and national interests in the development of wind power both on land and offshore. For more information on renewable energy, please contact Dr. Jonathan Miles.
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 Sustainable Communities
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