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Challenge and Opportunity | Partnership Goals for 2018
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Challenge and Opportunity
The Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys of western Colorado illustrate the challenges of current energy use, from intense natural gas development in the west to shorter ski seasons in the east. The region is directly dealing with the consequences of demand for fossil fuels: drilling impacts, dependence on foreign oil, rising energy prices and global warming. Making a transition to clean energy offers a solution to the problems caused by fossil fuels.
Clean energy also offers larger benefits: new jobs, businesses and investment opportunities, and reductions in energy risks and energy costs.
The result will be a positive gain for economic security and prosperity.
The state of Colorado and many communities in this region have set bold climate and clean energy goals, with the benefits of a new energy economy in mind. The scale of change needed to shift from costly old energy sources to clean new energy sources is huge. The efforts in place today are limited, and can’t produce the rapid, widespread change needed to seize this opportunity. Our region needs a unified, amplified effort to accomplish its clean energy goals. If we pool our expertise and resources, we can move these goals and opportunities from theory to reality.
About the Regional Energy Partnership
Formation Project
The partnership grew out of a meeting of people interested in accelerating the shift to a clean energy economy, held in Carbondale on Nov. 28, 2007. From that meeting, a smaller group volunteered to shape and plan the partnership concept. The Regional Partnership effort is a joint project of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) and the New Century Transportation Foundation (NCTF).
The City of Aspen and Pitkin County Renewable Energy Mitigation Program provided seed funding for the partnership.
Formation Project Team
Alice Laird, director, NCTF
Bill Stirling, board chair, CORE
Gary Goodson, executive director, CORE
Jacque Whitsitt, board chair, NCTF
Calla Rose Ostrander, project manager, Canary Initiative
Tripp Adams, Basalt Green Team & True North Mgt.
Dan Richardson, energy consultant, Schmueser Gordon Meyer
Heather McGregor, communications consultant
Valerie Borthwick, Executive Service Corps, consultant to team
Neal Batson, Executive Service Corps, consultant to team
Contact Us:
Alice Hubbard Laird | Director
ahubbardlaird@sopris.net
Heather McGregor | Communications & Outreach
mcgregor@rof.net P.O. Box 428 | 978 Euclid, Studio 4
Carbondale, Colorado 81623
(970) 704-9200
www.newcenturytrans.org/partnership |
Mission
The Regional Partnership works to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy, increase energy independence and reduce impacts of climate change.
The partnership connects residents, businesses and governments in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, providing the tools and resources needed to meet aggressive targets for:
- Energy Efficiency
- High Performance Buildings
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Transportation
- Smart Growth
- Recycling
- Local Food Options
By working together across sectors region-wide, the partnership uses an integrated approach for maximum effectiveness in reaching energy and climate protection goals, while putting in place a variety of practical solutions to make our region’s economy more sustainable and prosperous. |
