Learn about “Global Warming and Elections 2008 – What are the Candidates Telling Us and What Do We Need to Know” at a special meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters on Saturday, April 26.

Economist and international educator Dr. Edwin Dolan is the featured speaker. The session will be held at the Friday Harbor Middle School Commons from 1 to 3 p.m.

The event is free, and the public is invited.

Dr. Dolan most recently taught a class at Skagit Valley College, “The Economics of Global Warming.” He has taught previously at Dartmouth, University of Chicago and George Mason University in the United States and at institutions in Bulgaria, Croatia, Budapest and Moscow and has worked for USAID as an economic advisor in Kazakstan. He has also had U.S. government experience with the Interstate Commerce Commission and Department of Justice.

Dr. Dolan holds a PhD. from Yale University and masters and bachelors degrees from Indiana University. He is the author of a number of texts on economics and public policy.