The board will include noted journalist Marc Gunther; "WattHead" Jesse Jenkins, of the Breakthrough Institute; nuclear expert Dan Yurman; and environmental economist Professor John Whitehead, of Appalachian State University.
They will play active daily roles, presenting onsite commentary, sharing their thoughts on the news of the day and long-term policy implications, and responding to other posts in the community. They will also participate in The Energy Collective's frequent webinars, and contribute to the many white papers and podcasts made available to community members.
Our goal is to implement programmatic cross-promotion with each of the members' "home" blogs and sites which will allow the Energy Collective to share their talents and perspectives with approximately 60,000 unique visitors every month.
About Our BloggersBoard members
Marc Gunther isa leading thinker, writer and speaker about business and sustainability. Marc is a contributing EDITOR at FORTUNE magazine, and has written multiple coverstories for the publication. Before joining FORTUNE in 1996, Marc worked for more than 20 years for newspapers including The Paterson (N.J.) News, The Hartford Courant, The Detroit News and The Detroit Free Press, and has contributed to The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other publications. He also has appeared on NBC, ABC, PBS, CNN and NPR and has authored or co-authored four books. He speaks at conferences, corporate events and colleges and publishes a blog here.
Jesse Jenkins is the founder of WattHead and director of energy and climate policy at the Breakthrough Institute in Berkeley where he helps develop and advance new energy solutions to power America's future, secure our energy freedom, and halt global warming. Jesse spent two years as a Research and Policy Associate at the Renewable Northwest Project and has worked as a researcher and software developer with the Department of Physics at the University of Oregon where he focused on alternative vehicles and fuels. Jesse's writing has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Baltimore Sun, and frequently appears on the HuffingtonPost, Cleanergy.org, DailyKos, and Scitizen.com.
Dan Yurman's nuclear energy blog Idaho Samizdat is now in its 3rd year of operation attracting readers in 70 countries and all 50 states. He covers the nuclear energy industry globally, including new reactor investments, economics, politics, and technologies. Dan is a contributing reporter for Fuel Cycle Week, a nuclear industry trade newsletter that covers the global fuel cycle. He writes a column on uranium mining in the western U.S. Since 1989 he's worked at the Idaho National Laboratory on technology transfer licensing, strategic planning/business development, and on cleanup of nuclear waste. Previously, he worked at the EPA on budget and appropriations under the Clean Water Act and as a program manager for information systems used by the agency's hazardous waste programs.
John Whitehead is a professor in the Department of Economics at Appalachian State University where he teaches economics principles, benefit-cost analysis, environmental economics, international economics and senior seminars. John's research interests include finding better ways to attach monetary value to environmental and natural resources for use in benefit-cost analyses (e.g., sea-level rise, recreational fishing). He publishes a popular blog called Environmental Economics.
For those of you who haven't been there yet (and shame on you, if you one of them) The Energy Collective is a moderated online community for people who want to understand and discuss how energy choices, technology and markets are shaping the questfor a secure and sustainable future. The Energy Collective attracts bloggers who are respected scientists, activists, policy makers, corporate leaders and entrepreneurs united by their commitment to innovation as the key to a sustainable future.
