New York’s Energy Plan: Scaling up Renewables or Business as Usual?
Governor Cuomo’s Draft 2014 NY Energy Plan sets some bold goals for clean energy and increased energy efficiency. However, it also predicts continued and accelerated expansion of natural gas infrastructure in NY. Some see these directions as contradictory.
A free public forum about the Energy Plan will be held on Wednesday, March 5, 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the Tompkins County Library, Borg Warner Room, 101 E. Green Street, Ithaca.
Experts will present both strengths and weaknesses in the plan, and explain how the public can voice their opinions. Sponsors urge everyone concerned about climate change and in favor of switching to renewable energy sources to learn about this draft plan for NY’s energy future.
Featured speakers are Jackson Morris, Senior Energy & Climate Analyst with NRDC and former senior policy analyst with Pace Law School’s Energy & Climate Center, and Dr. Brice Smith, Associate Professor and Chair of Physics at SUNY Cortland and former senior scientist at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
Dr. Tony Ingraffea, Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering at Cornell University, will moderate the event.
To see the Draft 2014 NY Energy Plan, go to www.energyplan.ny.gov
The forum is sponsored by Social Ventures and Tompkins County Environmental Management Council
For more information, contact Sara Hess at sarahess63@yahoo.com or Irene Weiser at irene32340@gmail.com.
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[…] Also tomorrow, a free public forum about New York’s Energy Plan will feature speakers–Jackson Morris, Dr. Brice Smith, and Dr. Tony Ingraffea. The forum addresses contradictions in Cuomo’s draft 2014 Energy plan, which both predicts expansion of fracked gas infrastructure as well as goals for clean energy. More information at Shaleshock.org […]