Deborah Jensen

Sep 20, 2024 | eos.org | Elizabeth Jensen |Deborah Jensen

If you are an AGU scientist facing a budget cut or wanting to see your research field expanded, we have some advice for you. Most outreach efforts focus on incumbent officeholders and the best ways to communicate with them. We both have run for office and would like to broaden the scientific outreach effort to include the campaign trail as well. The advice in this article pertains to effectively communicating with current and future officeholders with a focus on support for uncrewed space research.

Sep 5, 2024 | pinecountynews.com | Deborah Jensen

If you live in Pine County, chances are you have heard of Selah Wellness Clinic LLC. Selah was voted a 2024 Silver Winner in the Star Tribune Readers’ Choice Minnesota’s Best awards for Mental Health Services. One in five adults suffers from mental illness. That’s more than 58 million people in the US alone. “So many people suffer in silence, and they don’t have to,” Dr. Naomi Koenig, founding provider at Selah, stated.

Sep 5, 2024 | pinecountynews.com | Deborah Jensen

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced in August,  a new missing and endangered persons alert will fall under the Emergency Alert and Wireless Alert System. The alert will assist response times of tribal, state and local law enforcement agencies and bring public attention to missing and endangered situations of people who do not qualify for AMBER alerts.

Aug 22, 2024 | pinecountynews.com | Deborah Jensen

This fall, citizens in Pine County have more to think about when voting than the presidency. Local elections are held every two years. It’s important for citizens to vote during these elections because your vote on the city level affects your property taxes, housing, schools, zoning and planning, parks and recreation, sanitation and makes policies. Less people vote in city elections which makes your vote powerful. The results have an immediate impact on our lives.

Jul 28, 2023 | tri-cityherald.com | Deborah Jensen

The passage of the Clean Energy Transformation Act in 2019 was a watershed moment for Washington State. The landmark bill charts a path to 100% clean electricity by 2045, slashing greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging the growth of renewable energy sources like solar.