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Jim DiPeso
was one of REP's earliest members, as well as one of our founding
directors. From 1996 to 2000, he served as Secretary of the Board of
Directors. His outstanding contributions were recognized with REP's
first Founders' Award at our September 2000 annual
meeting in Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
In the spring of 2001, as REP
experienced the greatest growth spurt in its history, Jim resigned from
REP's board and joined our staff as Communications Director. In October
2002, he was promoted to Policy Director.
Jim's policy expertise and
wicked way with words have served REP very well over the years...
He
is a sought-after speaker:
The
Environment and Our Health: A Conservative Case for
Stewardship to the Pennsylvania Institute
for Children's
Environmental Health, Kutztown University, Kutztown Pennsylvania,
October 2, 2008
McCain's
Conservative Case for a Climate Policy at the University of Montana,
Missoula, August 5, 2008
The
Farm Bill: When Water, Energy, Trade and Budget Issues Collide
at the Washington Chapter of REP's annual meeting, Spokane, September
15, 2007
Three
Principles for Washington Climate Action Team ,
Seattle, August 7, 2007
Reclaiming
Environmental Leadership at the Republican
Leadership Council's California Leadership Weekend, July 14, 2007
Three
Ideas for our National Parks at the National
Parks Centennial Initiative Listening Session, Seattle, March 26, 2007
Getting
Off the Oil Dependence Treadmill at the New
Mexico Chapter of REP's annual meeting, Albuquerque, January 27, 2007
National
Parks: A Bipartisan Heritage at the National
Parks Conservation Association's Centennial Challenge Roundtable,
Seattle, December 12, 2006
After
the Election: Prospects for Climate Legislation
at the University of Washington, Seattle, November 16, 2006
The
Conservative Case for Conservation at Mesa
College; Grand Junction, Colorado, October 24, 2006
On Thin
Ice: America Needs a New Energy Game Plan at
the Odyssey Days alternative fuels and sustainable energy fair;
Shoreline, Washington, October 14, 2006
The
Conservative Branch of the Wilderness Family Tree
at the Columbia Highlands Initiative Advisory Council; Spokane,
Washington, October 2, 2006
Putting
Conservation Back into Conservatism keynote
speech at the Western Slope Environmental Resource Council annual
meeting; Hotchkiss, Colorado, March 20, 2005
The
Politics of Wilderness Protection at the 40th
Anniversary Wilderness conference at Lake George, New York, October 12,
2004
Energy
Key to Economy and Global Security at "It's Your
America" conference in Bellevue, Washington, March 2, 2004
Environmental
Politics in 2004 to Yale University School of
Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut, February 5,
2004
Opportunities
for States in a Carbon-Constrained World at
the West Virginia Conference on the Environment, Charleston, West
Virginia, October 28, 2003
Global
Warming: It's Real, So Let's Do Something About It
to University of Chicago Environmental Law Society, October 24, 2003
Traditional
Conservative Take on Wilderness; at Golden Gate
University Law School in San Francisco, October 11, 2003
Keynote
speech , at Montana Conservation
Voters annual membership meeting, Helena, Montana, March 14, 2003
Keynote
speech , at 21st annual Public
Interest Environmental Law Cnference, Eugene, Oregon, March 6, 2003
He is the author of dozens
published op-eds. This list offers just a sample:
The
Pickens Plan for Energy, published July 10, 2008 in the Hawaii Reporter
In
Defense of Drilling, published June 23, 2008, in the
New
Statesman
Protecting
Wilderness Isn't Just for Liberals , published
March 30, 2008 in the Herald , Everett, Washington
GOP
Could Boost its Prospects by Joining Climate-Change Fight ,
November 6, 2007 in the Seattle Times
National
Public Lands Day: A Good Reminder of the Importance of Maintaining
Integrity of America's Infrastructure , October
2, 2007 in the Hawaii Reporter
U.S.
Should Diversity its Energy Portfolio , August
15, 2007 in the Tennessean
Hawaii
Ought to be a Renewable Energy Paradise , July
9, 2007 in the Hawaii Reporter
Fuel
Economy and the GOP , June 21, 2007 in the Albuquerque
Tribune
States,
Business Fill D.C.'s Vacuum , March 26, 2007 in
GreenBiz
Conservation
Starts with Obeying the Law , September 27,
2006, in the Hawaii Reporter
'Truly
Conservative' Response to Oil Crisis Needed ,
September 21, 2006, in the Albuquerque Tribune
No quick
fixes , May 9, 2006 in the Albuquerque Tribune
Middle-Road
Enviros , November 17, 2005 in the San
Francisco Chronicle
From
Stanwood to D.C., Making Energy Sense , June
15, 2005 in the Seattle Times
America
Faces Reality on Climate Change (Slowly) ,
April 29, 2005 in OpenDemocracy.net
When
Republicans Were Green , April 3, 2005 in the Dallas
Morning News
Kyoto
Protocol Debuts: A Common Sense Look at a Global Problem ,
February 16, 2005 in the San Francisco Chronicle
Conservatives
Should Return to Their Roots September 2-3, 2004 in
the Casper Star-Tribune and the Billings
Gazette
Reagan Saw
Forest for the Trees June 11, 2004 in the San
Francisco Chronicle
Increase
Fuel Economy of America's Autos May 23, 2004 in the
Detroit News
Balancing
Budgets in Headwaters News
Field Day:
The Bush administration's eagerness to give away public resources is
too much for some party faithful in Headwaters News
Judges
Hold Politicians Accountable December 28, 2003 in
the Billings Gazette
What
Would Theodore Do? December 2003 edition of the
Environmental and Energy Study Institute's BCO Newsletter .
Philosophical
Divide November/December 2003 edition of National
Parks magazine
Roadless areas enjoy strong public
support August
29, 2003 in the Tacoma News Tribune
Natural Gas - Conserve It, Then Switch
to Renewables
July 3,
2003 in the San Francisco Chronicle
Refuges at Risk March 31,
2003 in the Albuquerque Tribune
Global warming is no idle threa t February
1, 2003 in the Chicago Sun-Times
Foreign oil dependence entangles US
with regimes that finance terror: Does buying SUVs promote terrorism? January
12, 2003 in the Detroit News
Off-road rule off base January
12, 2003 in the Casper (WY) Star Tribune
Whittling away our forests January 1,
2003 in the Albuquerque Tribune
Still saving trees October
25, 2002 in the San Francisco Chronicle
Where there's smoke, there's fire September
30, 2002 in the Albuquerque Tribune
Time for mining law reform published
in the Albuquerque Tribune on June 25, 2002
On Earth Day, sorting the numbers April 22,
2002 in the Philadelphia Inquirer , Miami
Herald, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel , Birmingham News
and Albuquerque Journal
State will get the shaft from mining (with REP
director Phil Pryde); April 4, 2002 in the Los Angeles Times
Missouri Breaks Monument is part of
the Teddy Roosevelt tradition January
2002 in four Montana newspapers the Great Falls Tribune ,
Billings Gazette , Havre
Daily News , and Lewistown News-Argus
Why
REP America supports the EPA
GOP
leaders should protect the environment
Eco Gluttons? Not these Republicans! ( co-authored
with Martha Marks) October 1, 1996 in The Christian Science
Monitor
He has written six feature
articles for REP's newsletter, The Green Elephant :
He
is co-author and co-editor of C.E.P.
(Conservative Environmental Quality) Quarterly ,
which is a joint project of REP and ConservAmerica.
He is the author of five Grist magazine articles: Energy
security, patriotism, and Roosevelt 101
He writes the popular Jim
DiPeso's Blog feature on this web site.
He's
the author of the monthly "Web Report" on the web
site of ConservAmerica , our sister
organization.
He contributes an article each quarter to Environmental
Quality Management .
In
addition to being an
enthusiastic REP member, Jim serves on the advisory board of the
Institute for Children's Environmental Health and on the board of the
Shoreline, Washington, Chamber of Commerce.
A native of Los Angeles, Jim
lives in Shoreline, just north of Seattle, with his wife Wendy. He has a bachelor's degree in communications from California
State Polytechnic University.
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