Marion Selectmen approved at the board’s June 7 meeting a request by the Marion Energy Management Committee to increase the number of electric vehicles (EVs) to be requested through grant applications… “At least two additional charging stations would also be purchased using grant funds, which we hope will encourage more residents in our region to choose EVs,” Marion resident Dr. Jennifer Francis, a member of the Marion Energy Management Committee, and a research professor at Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, said. “By replacing gas-guzzling vehicles with clean EVs, Marion is saving tax dollars, reducing greenhouse gas emissions (about for tons of carbon/car/year), and raising awareness of human-caused climate change.”