Leighton Steward – 2/27/10
Chairman, PlantsNeedCO2.org, CO2IsGreen.org
H. Leighton Steward is chairman of the PlantsNeedCO2.org and CO2IsGreen.org non-profit foundations. Leighton is also a geologist, environmentalist, author, and former executive in the energy industry. He has written about the nation’s disappearing wetlands (Louisiana’s National Treasure), global climate change (Fire, Ice and Paradise), and even nutrition and health (Sugar Busters) with the latter series selling over four million copies and spending sixteen weeks at number one on New York Times Best Sellers list. His work history includes stints at Shell, Louisiana Land, and Burlington Resources. Leighton has been Chairman of the U.S. Oil and Gas Association, The Natural Gas Supply Association, and the Louisiana Mid Continent Oil and Gas Association.
He represented the independent sector of the energy industry on both republican and democratic presidential missions to the Soviet Union, Turkey, and Pakistan. Leighton currently serves on the boards or board of visitors of EOG Resources, the Southwest Research Institute, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, and is Chairman of the Study of Earth and Man at SMU. He is twice past Chairman of the Audubon Nature Institute and was Chairman of the National Wetlands Coalition for ten years.
Leighton has been presented with the API’s Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service, IPAA’s Carney Cochran Award, AAPG’s Public Service Award, API’s 25 Year Club Distinguished Leadership Award and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Award for Environmental Excellence. He is a native Texan, growing up in Fairfield, Texas where he was an All-State quarterback. He attended SMU on a football scholarship and earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in geology before spending three years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
His current interests are the benefits of CO2 for the plant and animal kingdoms, as well as misplaced blame on CO2 for causing global climate change.
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Bjorn Dybdahl of Bjorn's
John Thurman of Heart of Texas Realty
Scott Woolfolk of Documation
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