Richard Munson

Richard Munson, known as Dick Munson, is an American businessman, author, and activist in the field of clean energy and industrial energy efficiency. A graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Michigan, he now directs the Environmental Defense Fund's clean energy efforts in the midwest .

Business

Munson has been senior vice president of Recycled Energy Development (RED), an Illinois-based company that has received attention for turning industrial waste energy into clean power and steam, cutting carbon emissions and energy costs.

He also was executive director of the Northeast-Midwest Institute and coordinated with the Northeast-Midwest House and Senate Coalitions, which are bipartisan caucuses that conduct policy research and draft legislation on issues pertaining to agriculture, economic development, energy, the environment, and manufacturing. Other groups he has led include the Center for Renewable Resources, Solar Lobby, Sun Day, Environmental Action Foundation, and the University of Michigan's Pilot Program. He has received awards from the Great Lakes Commission, American Small Manufacturers Coalition, and U.S. Clean Heat and Power Association, and he sits on the boards of the Center for Neighborhood Technology , Business Council for Sustainable Energy , Institute for Health Policy Solutions , and Greenleaf Advisors .

Author

Munson is the author of From Edison to Enron,^[1] which recounts the history of electricity and proposes an innovation-based model for the power industry. Other books include George Fabyan, ^[2] a biography of the Gilded Age tycoon who launched the top-secret National Security Agency, Cardinals of Capitol Hill,^[3] which traces the machinations of congressional appropriators who control government spending, and Cousteau: The Captain and His World,^[4] a biography of Jacques Cousteau, the famed ocean explorer and filmmaker. The Power Makers ^[5] focuses on a new generation of electricity entrepreneurs who can supply technological innovation.

Munson has appeared frequently in the media^[6][7] and has written numerous articles and papers on clean energy and energy efficiency.^{[8][9][10][11]}

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