Page 3 - REPORT Brinkman 1-MAY EDU Roundtable

Some points for action / collaboration / follow-up included which Rep. Brinkman accepts are:
• We need to shrink / eliminate BAD charter schools (ineffective, abusing the system).
• We need to act to improve vocational education.

ENERGY and ENVIRONMENT
These were noted as areas to address within the agenda:

• Renewable energy
• Clean air and water

The opening electronic question (and result) was as follows:

In his remarks, Rep. Brinkman stated that an issue with global warming is that many people actually see a
warmer climate as better so they are not that invested in action. Rep. Brinkman handed out information on
progress in Ohio on the use of non-coal energy sources. It showed that from 2010 to 2015, coal declined
from 82% to 59% of Ohio energy production. The source that grew the most was natural gas from 5% to 23%.
“Green” grew from almost nothing to 2%. Rep. Brinkman stated he supported moving from mandates to
goals. He also had a handout on new natural gas plant construction. One of the plants (Middletown) is in SW
Ohio.

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