December 8, 2006--Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) was among several governors
addressing a press event organized by the Apollo Alliance to draw attention
to efforts to develop alternative energy sources and reduce our dependence
on foreign oil. Apollo Alliance president Jerome Ringo said that
in the absence of action by the federal government, "the challenge has
fallen to governors to set the pace." Ringo lauded Richardson, who
served as Secretary of Energy from 1998-2001, as "a national clean energy
leader." |