Entries by Lorenzo Mohammed

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Your Voice Matters: Help Make the Clean Air (& Climate!) Initiative Happen

In this virtual teach-in we address how the Clean Air Initiative can ensure the CLCPA’s environmental justice and greenhouse gas reduction goals are backed by enforceable regulations with mandatory emission limits on New York’s top-emitting sectors, buildings and transportation. We walk you through how to use New York’s official public comment tool to weigh in on the recently proposed Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, which requires corporate polluters to tell us what they are dumping into our air (really important as EPA has signaled that it will end this requirement at the federal level)

Speakers:

Julie Tighe, President NYLCV & NYLCVEF

Eric Walker, Energy Justice Senior Policy Manager, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Moderated by Betta Broad, Campaign Director, New Yorkers for Clean Power & Association for Energy Affordability

We dive into:

The latest with NY’s cap-and-invest program, now called the Clean Air Initiative and why it’s our best path to regulate and phase out emissions from buildings and transportation.

The health and economic benefits of cap-and-invest + the $1 billion Sustainable Future Fund

How to show up for upcoming public hearings, submit comments, and help push for the reporting rule that would mandate fossil fuel providers to report their GHG impacts, and call for the full release of regulations to actually cap GHG and copollutant emissions.

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Targeted Electrification in New York

New Yorkers are paying the price for outdated gas infrastructure. But there’s a better way. In this teach-in we dig into a new report from Switchbox that compares the cost of replacing leak-prone gas pipelines to the cost of fully electrifying the buildings those pipes serve.

The findings? Targeted electrification can save ratepayers billions—even when accounting for full electrification costs. We explored the report’s insights and how the NY HEAT Act can make these smarter investments possible.

Speakers:
Jessica Azulay – Executive Director, Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE)
Juan-Pablo Velez – Executive Director, Switchbox

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Energy Affordability

Too many New Yorkers cannot afford their utility and heating bills, and the problem is only getting worse. This briefing will lay out the problem, identify some of the root causes, and highlight key policy solutions that will help lower energy costs now and into the future.

Laurie Wheelock – Executive Director, Public Utility Law Project (PULP)
Annie Carforo – Climate Justice Campaigns Manager, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Allison Considine – Senior Campaign & Communications Manager, Building Decarbonization Coalition (BDC)

Visit our Teach In Archive for more: https://nyforcleanpower.org/teach-in-archive/

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Agrivoltaics: Supporting Farmer-Focused Solar in New York

Join New Yorkers for Clean Power on Monday, February 10, noon to 1 P.M. for a discussion of Agrivoltaics—Supporting Farmer-Focused Solar. Our guests are Lucy Bullock Sieger, VP of Strategy from Lightstar Renewables (a member of NYSEIA), and Iain Ward, founder of SolAg Services. Iain is faculty with American Farmland Trust on a DOE-funded farmer technical assistance collaboration with Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program in NJ.

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The GAP Fund: Bridging the Equity Gap in Home Energy Efficiency

Join New Yorkers for Clean Power and the NY Energy Democracy Alliance for an interactive teach-in on the Green Affordable Pre-Electrification Fund, legislation that will help create a pathway to home energy upgrades for low and moderate income homes.

Our panelists include: Assemblymember Anna Kelles and State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, the lead sponsors of this crucial legislation, Jasmine Graham, Executive Director and Mid-Hudson Energy Transition, Avni Pravin, Deputy Director at the Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE), Matt Dennis, heat pump and weatherization sales at Halco Energy, and Annie Carforo of WE ACT for Environmental Justice.

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“The False Solutions Jeopardizing NY’s Climate Progress”

New York has set an ambitious climate plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but false solutions threaten to derail progress. In this teach-in, we will examine three problematic solutions: so-called “renewable natural gas,” hydrogen blending for buildings, and carbon capture and storage, all of which could impede real climate action. Missed this one? Find the recording here […]

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“Climate Anxiety: A Panel Discussion”

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, the NYS Chapters Coalition hosted an engaging panel discussion on the growing issue of climate anxiety and how it affects people across different age groups and professions. The event featured expert insights from Dr. Jennifer Fendya (licensed psychologist), Dr. Divya Gupta (environmental social scientist), and Lauren Kim (NYU student and climate activist). The panel explored various dimensions of climate anxiety, from the emotional burden […]

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“Support the Supporters – Distributed Solar Makes Big Impacts”

As New York transitions to clean energy, community involvement is crucial to the success of renewable energy projects like wind and solar. These projects not only help combat climate change but also bring local benefits, such as job creation and healthier environments. In this meeting of the Support the Supporter network, led and moderated by […]

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