Bill Ritter on What Everyone Should Know About America’s Energy Revolution

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a part of our</span></em> <a href= "https://gettingsmart.com/greenschools"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Green Schools campaign</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an initiative to highlight important thinkers and activists in the movement to make schools more sustainable, more green, and more mindful of our relationship with the planet. </span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by his friend and former Governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter. Bill Directs</span> <a href= "https://cnee.colostate.edu/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Center for the New Energy Economy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Colorado State University which works with state and federal policymakers to create clean energy policy throughout the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During his four-year term, Ritter established Colorado as a national and international leader in clean energy by building a New Energy Economy. Years ago, Governor Ritter authored a book entitled,</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Powering-Forward-Everyone-Americas-Revolution/dp/1936218216"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Powering Forward – What Everyone Should Know About America’s Energy Revolution</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which we talk about at length on this episode. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://cnee.colostate.edu/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Center for the New Energy Economy</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Powering-Forward-Everyone-Americas-Revolution/dp/1936218216"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Powering Forward – What Everyone Should Know About America’s Energy Revolution</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/i