Statement from Rolf Nordstrom, President & CEO, Great Plains Institute
Today we learned that President Biden’s Administration has nominated Great Plains Institute’s Brad Crabtree as Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management within the Department of Energy. Brad has spent nearly two decades at GPI, working to build broad consensus around energy policies that meet our climate obligations and maintain a strong economy—and then see those policies enacted. He has played an outsized role in making carbon capture in all its forms part of the nation’s arsenal of emissions reductions strategies that also bring economic opportunity.
The phrase ‘uniquely qualified’ gets over-used, but in this case it fits. We believe Brad Crabtree is the best choice for this post, based on his demonstrated leadership, expertise and broad network of relationships across the country, the energy sector, and across the aisle.
We are incredibly proud of his accomplishments on behalf of GPI’s mission and the common good. Brad has dedicated his life’s work to improving the environment, climate and economy for the good of all of us, and we are grateful for his leadership and his ability to work with stakeholders across diverse sectors to make meaningful change.
Statement from Brad Crabtree, Vice President of Carbon Management, Great Plains Institute and Director, Carbon Capture Coalition
“It is the honor of my life to be nominated by President Biden for the position of Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. The President and Secretary Granholm have committed to an ambitious portfolio of carbon management policies and programs in the American Jobs Plan to meet our climate obligations, create high-wage energy, industry and manufacturing jobs and provide environmental and other benefits to communities. I am eager to dedicate myself to advancing this transformative agenda, and I look forward to working alongside the great team at the Department of Energy.”
Please contact GPI’s Director of Communications, Rebecca Lentz at [email protected] with any media inquiries.
