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Mr. Jensen has been the Executive Director of the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) since 1985. He attended Westminster College in Salt Lake City and holds a B.A. in Political Science from the Univ. of Montana (1980). Mr. Jensen served in the Montana House of Representatives from Billings where he was a member of the Natural Resources, Fish and Game, and Judiciary committees. Prior to taking his present position he was a lobbyist for various interests including the elderly, child care providers, and magistrates. In 1989 he was appointed by President George Bush and reappointed by President Bill Clinton to a Federal Advisory Committee to the U.S. EPA Administrator on mine waste regulation. He is a member of the Western Governors Association's Mine Waste Advisory Group. From 1990 to 1994 he was an elected supervisor of the Lewis and Clark County Conservation District. He is a founding Board member of the Seattle based Northwest Climate Connections, a new organization of private businesses, governments and public interest groups who are working to substantially reduce green house gas emissions in the Pacific Northwest (including British Columbia) through voluntary, co-operative and incentive based approaches. He also is a member of the Steering Commitee of the Boulder, CO - based Western Clean Energy Campaign. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Environmental Politics, the Western Mining Activist Network, and Montanans for Common Sense Mining Laws. MONTANA
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D. JENSEN