Entries by Lorenzo Mohammed

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Green the Grid & Electrify Everything Part 4: Transportation

New Yorkers for Clean Power presents Green the Grid & Electrify Everything, an engaging and illustrated walk through the Climate Act and all things Clean Power in New York. Green the Grid answers the questions you have and breaks down jargon to make the answers accessible to non-experts, while also including enough detail to engage policy enthusiasts. Come away energized and hopeful about the climate action path before us.

Part 4 focuses on transportation, specifically in rural areas

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Green the Grid & Electrify Everything Part 5: Electricity

New Yorkers for Clean Power presents Green the Grid & Electrify Everything, an engaging and illustrated walk through the Climate Act and all things Clean Power in New York. Green the Grid answers the questions you have and breaks down jargon to make the answers accessible to non-experts, while also including enough detail to engage policy enthusiasts. Come away energized and hopeful about the climate action path before us.

Part 5 focuses on electricity.

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Green the Grid & Electrify Everything Part 6: Waste, Industry, & Agriculture

New Yorkers for Clean Power presents Green the Grid & Electrify Everything, an engaging and illustrated walk through the Climate Act and all things Clean Power in New York. Green the Grid answers the questions you have and breaks down jargon to make the answers accessible to non-experts, while also including enough detail to engage policy enthusiasts. Come away energized and hopeful about the climate action path before us.

Part 6 focuses on waste, industry, and agriculture

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Green the Grid & Electrify Everything Part 7: Getting Involved

New Yorkers for Clean Power presents Green the Grid & Electrify Everything, an engaging and illustrated walk through the Climate Act and all things Clean Power in New York. Green the Grid answers the questions you have and breaks down jargon to make the answers accessible to non-experts, while also including enough detail to engage policy enthusiasts. Come away energized and hopeful about the climate action path before us.

The last section focuses on how you can get involved!

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Activating Equitable Building Decarbonization in New York

This Teach-In, NYCP’s last of 2022, explored “Activating Equitable Building Decarbonization in New York – Opportunities for Funding & Advocacy”.

The Teach-In featured:
– Dale Bryk, Director of State & Regional Policies at Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program and Senior Fellow at Regional Plan Association (RPA) on NY maximizing the IRA’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for equitable building decarbonization
– Atalia Howe, VP of Initiatives and Impact Investing at The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) on accessing the Climate Friendly Buildings Fund
– Amar Shah, Manager of Building Electrification at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) on new IRA incentives and rebates for building decarbonization, and
– Jessica Azulay, Executive Director of Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE) on advocating for necessary funding and policy changes in NY’s Budget

NYCP’s Campaign Director/AEA’s Director of Advocacy and Organizing, Betta Broad, and Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, NYCP Senior Clean Power Fellow, moderated

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Climate Week NYC: The Recipe for Equitable, Climate-friendly Buildings

Buildings are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in New York State. Decarbonizing the building sector will be an essential element in tackling the climate crisis. With 6.2 million buildings across the state, New York can serve as a global example of how to accelerate this shift across a wide variety of buildings. As part of Climate Week NYC, our expert panel discusses the menu of solutions, policies, and current efforts for fully leveraging the environmental, equity, and economic opportunities presented by a carbon-free, resource-efficient building sector.

The event included a welcome address from Anne Reynolds, Executive Director of Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY) and a keynote address by Rory Christian, Chair and CEO of the New York State Public Service Commission. Dale Bryk, Director of State & Regional Policies at Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program and Senior Fellow at Regional Plan Association (RPA) then moderated a panel discussion with Sadie McKeown, President of the Community Preservation Corporation, Greg Elcock, VP of Energy Efficiency and Distributed Resource Integration at Con Edison, and Bomee Jung, Co-CEO of Cadence OneFive.

Hosted by: Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Association for Energy Affordability, E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), Downtown Brooklyn, Natural Resources Defense Council, and New Yorkers for Clean Power, and Urban Future Lab.

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Clean Energy Coaching Webinar

This webinar was a conversation on green solutions for your apartment or home with local energy coaches. Learn from the experiences of other Hudson Valley & Westchester residents to:

● Save money on your energy bills
● Make your home more comfortable, especially in summer and winter
● Reduce unhealthy and polluting GHG emissions to improve your health

The Personal Energy Coach is a free resource for community members, including tenants, residential and commercial building owners. Our Coaches will help you form a personalized plan to implement energy efficiency upgrades and transition off of fossil fuels.

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DAC Comment Period

New York’s Climate Act recognizes that climate change doesn’t affect all communities equally. The Climate Act charged the Climate Justice Working Group (CJWG) with the development of criteria to identify disadvantaged communities (DACs) to ensure that frontline and otherwise underserved communities benefit from the state’s historic transition to cleaner, greener sources of energy, reduced pollution and cleaner air, and economic opportunities.

A draft of the DAC criteria was released in late 2021 and is now open for public comments through Thursday, July 7th. It is important to weigh in on this aspect of the Scoping Plan to ensure no one gets left behind during New York’s transition to a clean energy economy.

This NYCP Teach-In featured:
– Sameer Ranade, Climate Justice Advisor, Climate Action Council of NYSERDA
– Jen Metzger, NYCP Senior Policy Advisor and former NY State Senator
– Sonal Jessel, Director of Policy, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

This event was moderated by Ibrahim Abdul-Matin and Betta Broad.

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