Spokane’s ‘Mr. Global Warming’ Dies

Julian Powers (pictured in 2012), known as “Mr. Global Warming” to his friends, died Tuesday. He was 88. The retired Spokane engineer worked to educate local residents about the atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases and why they should be concerned about warmer winters, scantier snow packs and melting polar ice. He talked at Earth Day fairs and college campuses, sounding the alarm long before most Americans knew what global warming was. “He had a vision so far ahead of cultural consciousness,” Grant Pfeiffer, eastern regional director for the Washington Department of Ecology, said in a 2012 interview/ SR . More here.