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Chelsea Green Energy Experts


Your First Source for Experts on the Energy Crisis

Natural Gas, Biofuels, Wind and Solar Power, Natural Heating Alternatives


Oil prices hover around $70 a barrel and the cost of natural gas is expected to go up by 70 percent in the coming months, threatening to overwhelm American consumers. No wonder polling shows that 70 percent of Americans support a drastic increase in government spending on renewable energy sources.

Let us introduce you to four experts who can help you report on energy issues. Julian Darley, Greg Pahl, Dan Chiras, and Paul Gipe are all experienced lecturers and authors with years of experience in the renewable energy field. Focusing on natural gas, biofuels, natural heating methods, and wind power, respectively; Darley, Pahl, Chiras, and Gipe should be your first stop for information on the energy crisis.

Specific background information about each expert is listed below, along with a link to a web page where you can find a biography and press kit. For more information about contacting these experts, please e-mail or call: Jon-Mikel Gates at jgates@chelseagreen.com, 802-295-6300 x111.

Greg Pahl

Primary Expertise: biodiesel, biofuels, home heating alternatives

Greg Pahl has been involved with renewable energy issues for more than 20 years. He is a founding member and codirector of the Vermont Biofuels Association. He is the author of The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis, Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy, and Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options, and has written about wind power, solar energy, electric cars, sustainable forestry management, and biodiesel home heating. He and his wife, Joy, live in Weybridge, Vermont.

Full expert bio: www.chelseagreen.com/authors/83

Press kit for Biodiesel: www.chelseagreen.com/2005/items/biodiesel/ForTheMedia

Dan Chiras

Primary Expertise: ecological building methods, energy-efficient homes, passive solar power, active solar power

Dan Chiras is a leading authority on green building and renewable energy options for home construction. He paid his last electric bill in June of 1996, and is now the author of 21 books, including The New Ecological Home, and The Solar House, both from Chelsea Green Publishing. In addition to his writing, Dan has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado in Denver and the University of Colorado at Denver. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Washington, where he taught a course on environmental science. He currently is a Melon Visiting Professor at Colorado College where he teaches courses on renewable energy, ecological design, and sustainable development. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado.

Full expert bio: www.chelseagreen.com/authors/44

Press kit for Dan Chiras and his books: www.chelseagreen.com/about/forthepress/chirasbooks

Paul Gipe

Primary Expertise: wind power, wind energy policy

Paul Gipe is an advocate for the responsible development of renewable energy. He has been working with wind energy for thirty years, and has played a part in nearly every aspect of wind energy’s development since the mid-1970s--from installing small turbines to promoting wind energy worldwide. In 1998 the World Renewable Energy Congress designated Gipe a "pioneer in renewable energy," one of the group's highest honors. Gipe is the author of Wind Power: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business, Wind Energy Basics and Wind Power Comes of Age. He lives in Tehachapi, California.

Full expert bio: www.chelseagreen.com/authors/163

Press kit for Wind Power: http://www.chelseagreen.com/2005/items/windpowerhardcover/ForTheMedia

Julian Darley

Primary Expertise: natural gas, energy policy

Julian Darley is a British environmental researcher who writes about nonmarket and non-technology-based responses to global environmental degradation. He runs an Internet broadcasting station (GlobalPublicMedia.com), and is the author of High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis. Julian lives in Vancouver, Canada, where he helps to run the Post Carbon Institute.

Full expert bio: www.chelseagreen.com/authors/123

Press kit for High Noon for Natural Gas: www.chelseagreen.com/2005/items/highnoon/ForTheMedia

More renewable energy books and experts from Chelsea Green at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/2005/topicgroups/energy