Pierre Bull's Blog
About
- Bio:
I advocate for clean energy and energy efficiency in states and utilities throughout the Eastern Seaboard; keeping in mind the larger implications of these policies at the national (energy independence and good domestic jobs) and international level (solving global warming).
Prior to working at NRDC, I was a project manager for 2 ½ years at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), running efficiency and demand response incentive programs for commercial buildings. I received my M.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan and B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I thoroughly enjoy the discovery and greater understanding of the geographic, social, and economic diversity of our nation. During my time in school, I had the opportunity to gain diverse insights into how different groups of people define and address their environmental challenges through summer internships that included working for the USDA -- Iowa Natural Resources Conservation Service, Red Oak Field Office, Illinois EPA -- Pollution Prevention Office working at St. Mary’s Hospital in East St. Louis, IL, and TVA -- Public Power Institute in Norris, TN.
When not at work, I am home with my fiancee Ariana and fickle but friendly cat, Preston. I enjoy "slow travel" where I have the opportunity to experience new places by walking, biking, and canoeing.
- Roots in:
- Kansas City and Chicago (suburbs); and sprouts in the Northeast -- D.C., Albany, and New York
- Favorite place:
- Isla Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
- Why "environmentalism" matters:
- Ask me again in another decade or two when I’ll be able to provide a more thoughtful personal response -- I guess I need more of that “life experience” stuff.
For now, I'll borrow a favorite quote of mine comes from a Professor of history at the University of Washington in his essay, “Are You an Environmentalist or Do You Work for a Living?” published in Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature, edited by William Cronon (1996):
…environmentalism…links us to each other, and it links us to nature. It unites issues as diverse as workplace safety and grazing on public lands; it unites toxic sites an wilderness areas. In taking responsibility for our own lives and work, in unmasking the connections of our labor and nature’s labor, in giving up our hopeless fixation on purity, we may ultimately find a way to break the borders that imprison nature as much as ourselves.
Recent Blog Posts
- Clean Energy Promises Abundant Opportunities for Job Growth and Farm Revenues in Arkansas — the 'Natural' State (November 19, 2009)
- Geothermal Gets Big Boost from DOE via ARRA (November 2, 2009)
- Getting a Glimpse of Your Future Home (October 22, 2009)
- Is Efficiency’s Low Hanging Fruit Too Sour for Florida’s Public Service Commission? (October 19, 2009)
- A Really Bad Idea: Drill Offshore and Use Revenues for Solar in Florida (October 8, 2009)
- Indiana Primed to Be a Renewable Energy Hub For America (October 7, 2009)
- At the Confluence of Water Use and Energy Production (September 30, 2009)
- Watch a "major league" wind turbine installation (August 24, 2009)
- FW: (Get Energy Smart! NOW!!!) - Barack’s Grandma Goes Solar (August 20, 2009)
- Potential Bio-Energy Resources Are Plentiful in Florida - Let's Develop Them Right (August 11, 2009)
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