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Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will appear June 26 in downtown Denver at an Earthjustice program to tell the story of how her bruising fight with coal power interests has helped create a national clean energy agenda.
The governor rose to national prominence in the last year largely because of her unwavering stance on clean energy alternatives. As a result, Kansas — which gets 65 percent of its electricity from coal — is actually leading the nation away from dependence on coal and towards a mixed palette of sustainable, clean energy sources.
After Gov. Sebelius’ presentation, Earthjustice President
- Ronald L. Lehr, former chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, who now practices law and consults about energy and telecommunications regulation and business matters. He worked for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on the Department of Energy program, "Wind Powering America."
- Randy Udall, director of the Community Office for Efficiency (CORE), a nonprofit organization that promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy. Udall also serves on the board of directors of Solar Energy International and Colorado Renewable Energy Society.
- Tom Plant, director of the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office. Before that, he served as executive director of the Center for ReSource Conservation, a non-profit that implements programs on energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, green building and construction waste reduction. From 1998 to 2006, Plant represented District 13 in the Colorado House of Representatives. He also worked in the Climate Change department of the Union of Concerned Scientists in
