I sat in on same great panels today. And let just say that while the media has been preoccupied with creating controversy and ill will between the Obama and Clinton camps, the mood on the ground is far from derisive. And there is overwhelming consensus on the issue of the environment. In the Big Tent, there were two great panels featuring leading experts in the space. The first featured Lester Brown, a lifelong advocate and head of the Earth Policy Institute; Randy Hayes, Climate Policy Officer at the World Future Council; David Orr, Author, Environmentalist, named “an Environmentalist Hero for 2004″ by Interiors & Sources Magazine; and Chuck Kutscher, Principal Engineer and Manager of the Thermal Systems Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Betsy Taylor, executive director of the Center for a New American Dream, moderated.

There were so many strong points made that I wouldn’t even know where to begin so I’ll focus on what was not outright said. This group is frustrated. They have spent the better part of 20 years proving that the science is right, the technology is there, and yet the political will hasn’t materialized to bring clean, renewable energy into the mainstream. Chuck Kutscher asked, How long would you drive your car in the red? and David Orr went so far as to say, that it is the greatest political failure in history.

Excerpts from the panel will be posted on the Big Tent’s YouTube channel so check in often:

http://www.youtube.com/bigtentdenver

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