Udall leads push for agri-energy

I am moving into CD2 soon. Really soon. As in, tomorrow. So I don't want to let All-Positive, All the Time Week end without writing something about my new U.S. representative, Mark Udall.

Udall being Udall, I didn't have to look too far. Thanks to Coyote Gulch, I found this story in yesterday's Cherry Creek News:

Colorado Congressman Mark Udall (D-Eldorado Springs) joined a bipartisan group of senators and U.S. representatives on Capitol Hill today in introducing a congressional resolution calling for a new national renewable energy goal of producing 25% of the nation's energy supply from the nation's farms and rural communities by 2025. The resolution builds on a broad and politically influential coalition including agriculture, industry, and environmental leaders, as well as several governors and state legislatures.

"Agriculture can play a key role in helping to solve the nation's energy crisis. At a time when domestic and global energy demands are growing, the 25x25 vision is a win for rural America. Growing our agriculture-energy economy translates into benefits to farmers, energy security, rural economic development and the environment," said Udall, who is co-chair of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.