In 2005 Pete was named executive vice president of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE). From 1996 to 2004 he was FREE's program director.

Pete is responsible for daily management of FREE, for setting strategic direction, developing new programs, planning and supporting FREE's fundraising efforts, and representing FREE at special events, professional conferences, and through opinion editorials.

Prior to joining FREE, Pete spent five years teaching middle school science and was a member of the senior faculty at the National Outdoor Leadership School.

A native of New York State, Pete received his bachelor of science from St. Lawrence University and his master of science from the University of Montana School of Forestry where he was awarded a Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship.

He is co-editor with John Baden of Saving a Place: Endangered Species in the 21st Century published by Ashgate Press. He writes frequent opinion editorials for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. His writings have also appeared in the Journal of Forestry, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, The Wall Street Journal, the Seattle Times, and on the Internet at the National Center for Policy Analysis' Policy Digest; Tech Central Station; the Commons; the New West; and A Better World.

Pete is actively involved with his community, serving as a trustee of the Sourdough Fire Department and volunteering as a youth hockey coach. He and his wife Julie live in Bozeman, Montana, with their three boys Chris, Ryan, and David.

Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Thoughts on $200-a-barrel oil

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Record high energy prices and a recent trip to Europe prompt these thoughts on our energy future. The current energy situation, i.e., high prices, high demand, and tight supplies, is a glimpse of what life in a carbon constrained world looks like. We're entering the early stages of a transition from fossil fuels that will likely continue until mid-century.Vaclav Smil of the University of Manitoba describes the significance: "We are now at a point in time comparable to 1850, which marked the outset of the last great energy transition. Then, about 85 percent of the world's total primary energ...

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