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This is a list of energy
Champions - those
who, because of their extraordinary efforts, have made a positive difference
and helped light a path forward for a powerful country that has increasingly
forgotten its soul and lost its way. My sincere gratitude to these astute
few. They are listed here generally alphabetically.
Al Gore, Former Vice President
Bill Richardson, Governor, State of New Mexico
Bill Ritter, Governor - State of Colorado
City of Rifle, Colorado
[THE OCCUPANT OF THIS SPACE HAS BEEN DEMOTED
- see below]
Daniel
Teitelbaum,
toxicologist and professor -
Colorado School of Mines
Dean Riggs, Area Wildlife Manager - Area 7
Deb Frazier, Spokesperson for Dpt. of Natural
Resources, State of Colorado
Diana DeGette, U.S.
Congresswoman, State of Colorado
Doug Dennison, former Oil and Gas Liaison - Garfield County, Colorado
Duke Cox, Grand Valley Citizen's Alliance
Gail Schwartz - State Senator - State of Colorado
Harris Sherman, Executive Director, Dpt. of Natural Resources - State of Colorado
Dr. Heidi Cullen and production team of The Weather
Channel's "Forecast Earth"
John Salazar, U.S. Congressman, State of Colorado
Ken Salazar, U.S. Senator, State of Colorado
[THE OCCUPANT OF THIS SPACE HAS BEEN DEMOTED - see below]
Lance Astrella, Attorney
Mark Udall, U.S. Congressman, State of Colorado
Martin
Vosseler, SunWalk 2008
Peggy Rawlins, Western Organization of Resource
Councils
Ray Anderson,
Interface Inc.
Tresi Houpt, Garfield County Commissioner - State of Colorado
I'm still populating this list with many many
deserving people and I haven't even gotten to the amazing recent advances in
legislative, regulatory and voluntary industry reform. The political
landscape of Colorado has undergone significant, and in my opinion, needed
change in recent months. Indeed - there is a new sheriff in town, and my how
the scurrilous have begun to skedaddle! Yeehaw~!
If you know of others
who, through their personal commitments to the cause of the just have helped
preserve quality of life, liberty and the environment while living with
the oil and gas industry, please let me know, by submitting your comments through the
Updates page.
These are the champions.
DEMOTIONS
City of Berkley, California
Earlier in 2007, I heralded
the City of Berkeley, California and their entire voting City
Council on 11-08-07 for enacting a visionary city policy funding solar
installations for homeowners. But, by 2008, they all got demoted for their
dumb-ass stunt shooing the Marines out of town. Yes, some Marines do bad
things, like, among some of the more scandalous, the inhumane harming of
wild mustangs a few years back. And these are not just bad Marines, they are
bad people. But, Berkley City Council, overall, the USMC is an
organization with a proud, earned heritage of brave men and women, who, by
the way, would still defend your dumb asses in a bind.
Kathleen Curry, State Representative - State of Colorado
This is a real bummer, because I considered Kathleen a champion of landowner
rights, and she has helped to draft legislation which has truly furthered
that interest. I gladly give her full 'champion' credit for that bold
initiative. Unfortunately it seems to be her view, based on comments I heard
her make at the June 10th COGCC hearing, that landowner rights may be
threatened by the proposed COGCC rule changes. In particular, she seems
concerned for the 90-day wildlife drilling stipulations set forth by the
Division of Wildlife to protect herds by preserving critical range when it
is most needed. The oil and gas industry has isolated and turned this issue
into a red herring and has managed to mobilize a good many otherwise
reasonable folks around a scenario of economic demise. I for one don't think
an individual landowner should have the right to sentence a herd owned by
the people of the state of Colorado to death because they want drilling to
occur. There is too great a financial incentive for some and too great a
consequence to Coloradoans and Colorado's wildlife populations to allow such
decisions to be placed squarely in the hands of a public with neither the
technical background nor perhaps a concerned incentive to prioritize the
sustainability of Colorado's wildlife. DOW already has the right to inspect
a freezer and take other measures on private land in the interest of herd
management. This is no different, and would not, in my opinion overreach
their jurisdiction. She has said that she is considering introducing a bill
to 'clarify' the intent of the legislation that has led to a revisiting of
the rules. Here is where she and I have a serious division of viewpoint.
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