CLEAN ENERGY NOW!

Spring 2002 Energy Summit Speakers

Sarah Brush Kristen Jule Melissa Payne Steve Smith Kristin Casper Patrick Keegan Karl Rábago Joel Swisher Sarah Creighton Duncan Marsh Kassie Rorhbach Mark Udall Faith Gemmill Peter Morton Claudine Schneider Randy Udall Susan Innis David Orr Walter Simpson Sarah Zisa

 

Peter Morton

Pete Morton earned his Masters in Forestry, with an emphasis on quantitative modeling, and a Ph.D. in natural resource economics from Colorado State University. Pete spent the early 1990s working for The Wilderness Society in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by several years as a faculty member at the University of Denver. In March 1998 Pete rejoined The Wilderness Society in Denver to be the society’s lead economist on western public land issues. Pete has published articles on public land recreation, wilderness economics, and national forest planning, and has testified before Congress on the energy potential of America’s wildlands.

Presentation
The links below have the information that formed the basis for Peter Morton's presentation.

Congressional testimony, maps and facts sheets on The Wilderness Society's recent energy research can be found here: http://www.wilderness.org/eyewash/legislation.htm

The results of The Wilderness Society's GIS research on oil and gas in BLM monuments can be found here: http://www.wilderness.org/newsroom/rls051701.htm

The Executive Summary of The Wilderness Society's report on Arctic Jobs can be found here: http://www.wilderness.org/arctic/act.htm

The Wilderness Society's critique of a recent DOE study on access to oil and gas on public land can be found here: http://www.wilderness.org/newsroom/pdf/doe_greenriver_071001.pdf