Executive Director
Climate + Energy Projects
Hutchinson, Kansas, United States
As Executive Director of the Climate + Energy Project, Dorothy Barnett is leading the effort to address the Heartland’s energy future. Grounded in an approach based on common ground solutions, Barnett has been successful in convening diverse voices in a conservative region of the country. Barnett has coordinated winning local and statewide campaigns helping the wind industry to grow to 50% of the state’s power generation. Mrs. Barnett has been recognized with national media attention, including MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and is frequently invited to speak on a range of clean energy topics including a presentation at Yale for a public forum of “The ‘C’ Words: Addressing Climate Change Without Talking About Climate Change – a Regional Perspective.” Barnett provides expert testimony at regulatory proceedings and has been published in the Electricity Journal. In 2014 Barnett received the Advocacy Leadership Award from the U.S. Clean Energy, Education and Empowerment (C3E) program, run by the U.S. Department of Energy and the MIT Energy Initiative.
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State Briefing: Missouri/Kansas
Thursday, November 7, 2024
1:55 PM – 2:20 PM CT