[sustainable_tompkins-l] MEETING TONIGHT!! Cayuga Power Plant's new plans

[Irene Weiser]

> By now, most of you have probably heard that the Cayuga Power Plant has
> decided, once again, to convert to burning "natural" (fracked) gas.
>
> Want to know more about their plans - which include bringing the gas to
> the plant by trucks (up to 60 per day)  through our community?
>
> Join Fossil Free Tompkins, Mothers Out Front, Sierra Club and special
> guest Dr. Tony Ingraffea to learn more about what's happening.
>
> THURS, JULY 12th (tomorrow!!) 7pm   Tompkins County Public Library - Borg
> Warner Room
>
> We'll provide an overview of Cayuga's plans
> Map of possible truck routes and sensitive facilities along the routes
> The latest info on methane impacts on global warming
> Info on how we can organize as a community and upcoming events and actions
> to take
>
> PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS - THIS CONCERNS ALL OF US!
>
> FACEBOOK EVENT https://www.facebook.com/events/1076112245898603/
>
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] Cayuga Power Plant Meeting Tomorrow - NEW VENUE! Please share.

[Irene Weiser]

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Mothers, grandmothers, friends and allies, *Your voices matter!* - Please
help us to *STOP* the Re-Powering of the Cayuga Power Plant with fracked
gas!!!


We have new information about the proposed re-powering plan and none of it
is good:

Step 1: Convert one burner to gas. 25-60 trucks delivering gas each day.

Step 2: Convert the second burner to gas. Simple math says that means
50-120 trucks delivering gas each day.

Step 3: Apply for a permit to build a pipeline. Yes, another pipeline!

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Two ways to ACT: #1

*What:* Community Information Meeting


*When:* Thursday, July 12th, 7:00PM

*Where:* Tompkins County Public Library, Borg Warner Conference Room 101 E.
Green Street, Ithaca

   - Show up
   - Bring a Friend
   - Forward this e-mail
   - Share on Social Media
   

*#2*

*What:* DEC Power Plant Air Emissions Hearing in Avon


*When:* Tuesday, July 24th

*Where:* Avon, NY

Click on this link to RSVP for the bus to Avon (Provided by the Sierra
Club).


   - Show up
   - Bring a Friend
   - Forward this e-mail
   - Share on Social Media
   

The brutal heat waves that have swept the country
 evidently aren't message
enough to Governor Cuomo, he is still permitting more of our electrical
power and home heating to be powered by fracked gas
.
Together we can stop this and preserve a livable climate for all children,
but for that to happen, we need to show up.
Stop MORE Fracked Gas - Help us with our Local Campaign:

Click on this link to sign our petition to the City of Ithaca to stop
Cornell from connecting their North Dormitory project to fracked gas.




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P.S. If you think that Governor Cuomo should walk his talk and stop the
proliferation of fracked gas in New York, please join our #CuomoWalkTheTalk
#OffFossilFuels #StopNYinFRACKstructure campaign
:
Call Cuomo EVERY Monday

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Every Monday we feature a different gas infrastructure fight. Governor
Cuomo is feeling the heat because of our calls, Tweets, and the "Cuomo Walk
the Talk mass action in April
.
We need to keep the pressure on him to put a stop to New York's ruinous
addiction to fracked gas.

Call Governor Cuomo every Monday at 877-235-6537 to ask him to HALT all
fracked gas projects and move NY to 100% renewable energy. *Want to
receive text alerts about "Call Cuomo Mondays"? Text CUOMOMONDAYS to 69866*



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Home: (607) 739-9274
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Cayuga Power Plant's new plans

[Irene Weiser]

By now, most of you have probably heard that the Cayuga Power Plant has
decided, once again, to convert to burning "natural" (fracked) gas.

Want to know more about their plans - which include bringing the gas to the
plant by trucks (up to 60 per day)  through our community?

Join Fossil Free Tompkins, Mothers Out Front, Sierra Club and special guest
Dr. Tony Ingraffea to learn more about what's happening.

THURS, JULY 12th (tomorrow!!) 7pm   Tompkins County Public Library - Borg
Warner Room

We'll provide an overview of Cayuga's plans
Map of possible truck routes and sensitive facilities along the routes
The latest info on methane impacts on global warming
Info on how we can organize as a community and upcoming events and actions
to take

PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS - THIS CONCERNS ALL OF US!

FACEBOOK EVENT https://www.facebook.com/events/1076112245898603/


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

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*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Call Cuomo - No Fracked Gas at Cayuga Power Plant!!

[Irene Weiser]

*Hi All*

*First - thanks to the 70+ people who came to our rally last week about the
power plant and 18 people who spoke to the County Legislators. (see videos
here <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9Q_F7vof5mYhLHd-mn6IA>)*


*On Friday, Cayuga announced their plans
<http://lansingstar.com/news-page/15015-power-plant-to-repower-with-natural-gas>
to convert their coal burning plant to burn fracked gas - and to bring that
gas in by 25 -60 trucks per day.  *


*Today we need to call Governor Cuomo  877-235-6537 and tell him not to
allow this to happen. *


Activists in Tompkins County have been alerted to a plan
<http://lansingstar.com/news-page/15015-power-plant-to-repower-with-natural-gas>
to convert a 65-year-old coal-burning power plant on Cayuga Lake *to a
fracked-gas power plant*.

Even worse, the plant owners plan to deliver the dangerous gas to the plant
by trucks, or what activists call *“Bomb Trucks”* because of their
instability and threat to safety.



The Cayuga plant is an inefficient, dangerous, polluting plant that in the
past 3 years has had 2 life-threatening fires and leaked mercury at over
2000 times permitted levels into beautiful Cayuga Lake.



Cuomo's administration has just announced regulations to close coal plants
by 2020.  But don't be fooled - those regulations allow these plants to
"repower" by converting to burn fracked gas instead.

*Call Governor Cuomo at 877-235-6537* *and tell him to not allow the Cayuga
plant or any coal plant to convert to burn fracked gas*.



These dangerous, obsolete plants must be fully shut down - not given a
second life as fracked gas power plants. It’s time we move off fossil fuels
entirely, and invest in the renewable energy future New York needs.

Please share widely!  Let's make sure Governor Cuomo hears our voice!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Exciting and urgent VDER legislative update

[Irene Weiser]

See below for FANTASTIC news and actions you can take to support solar in
NYS.
Honestly - see below because it is probably the BEST action alert I have
ever read.
Amazing strategy and effort from all across the state has brought us to
this point.
Please help bring it across the finish line on this, the last day of the
legislative session.

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]


-- Forwarded message -
From: 
Date: Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:17 PM
Subject: Exciting and urgent VDER legislative update
To: 


Hi everyone,



Tomorrow (or today by the time you might read this) is last day of the
legislative session so this is an urgent update. I hope you will join me in
taking ACTION to help us try to push our VDER moratorium bill through.



Here are the facts:

   1. The bill passed the Assembly tonight! It passed tonight by a margin
   of 113-16. Congratulations to all of the many hands that made this possible.



   1. In the Senate, the bill has just become unstuck It had been stuck
   for a few weeks, with Senator Griffo (Chair of the Energy Committee) as the
   main sponsor but not moving it to a committee vote. The opposition from the
   Business Council and the Utilities sort of put a damper on it in the Senate
   as did the general partisan weirdness with the Senate right now. *BUT>>>>>>>
   *This morning, we held a press conference in front of Griffo’s district
   office and now Griffo has moved the bill to the Rules Committee, which is
   the ONLY committee it must clear before getting to the floor to a vote.



   1. I’m hearing things like “this has legs”…



   1. Today, the solar industry compiled a list of cancelled projects due
   to VDER by Upstate Senate District. It’s amazing. In total, there are more
   than 1,000 jobs not created and over $800 million in lost investments into
   solar in the Upstate economy alone due to VDER. This has deprived tens of
   thousands of households of lower-cost renewable energy. (Yeah, I’m angry as
   you probably are since we saw this coming, but I’m putting that aside for a
   minute to try to focus on getting this bill passed.)



Here’s what we can do:

   1. We have a few more hours to take this over the finish line. The
   strategy right now as best as I can understand from those working the halls
   of the legislature is this: We need Senator Flanagan (Temporary President
   and Majority Leader in the Senate) to make sure that this bill gets to a
   vote. To get Senator Flanagan to care, we need other Senators to call him
   and tell them they care and that *they *want him to make sure this bill
   goes through.



   1. We have a list of priority Senators to reach out to to ask him to do
   this. They are the Senators whose districts have been most negatively
   impacted by VDER. The list is here
   
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17FOVKBifWypgnXTkTyOw1mzPbd0CGeFwHjQYYDGTgU0/edit?usp=sharing>
   and it will likely grow and/or change throughout the day so keep checking.
   The idea is that we should try to generate as many calls to these Senators
   as possible, letting them know that we know that they are losing out on
   these projects and we need them to act to stop the VDER disaster. Even
   better if these calls come from constituents. The spreadsheet includes the
   specific district impacts of VDER.



More very soon. Andra will be sending around tips for how to effectively
generate calls to Senators. And Patrick will be following up with phone
scripts, social media materials, and more.



If you have questions or ideas, you can call me in the morning, preferably
before 10:30am. You can also call Patrick or Andra. I’ll be keeping both of
them in the loop as best I can tomorrow.



Onward!

Jessica



___

Jessica Azulay

Executive Director

Alliance for a Green Economy

315.480.1515

jess...@allianceforagreeneconomy.org



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Perfect day for our RALLY AGAINST BOMB TRUCKS

[Irene Weiser]

We couldn't have asked for a better day to RALLY at the *County Legislature
Building 5pm* and then speak at the Legislative meeting against Cayuga's
Power Plant's plan to convert the plant to burn fracked gas - brought in by
"bomb trucks" on our community's roads.
Look no further than today's Ithaca Voice to see the hazards that await.
Fortunately in this rollover - it was not a bomb truck transporting
Compressed Natural Gas...
Join us to speak out against Cayuga's plan - that puts our community's
safety and the future of the planet at risk.
Tell our legislators - No Bomb Trucks on County Roads and to do everything
they can at the local and State level to block this unconscionable plan.

County Leg building - 120 E Court Street, around back, on Dewitt Park
side.  The building is at the NE corner of Dewitt Park.
I have lots of signs!
See you there!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] The rumors are true - and it's bad...

[Irene Weiser]

By now, many of you have likely heard the rumors that the coal-fired Cayuga
Power Plant plans to convert to burn "natural" - e.g. fracked gas.  What's
more - they plan to bring in the gas by truck - an endless fleet of "bomb
trucks" transporting highly flammable Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) across
our County's roads.

My intel tells me these "rumors" are TRUE!  We are awaiting Cayuga's
announcement on Tues for details.

*THIS IS AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION* -
We must respond strongly and immediately to this affront to our community's
safety and the  pressing need to get off fossil fuels.

Join Fossil Free Tompkins and Mother's Out Front for a *RALLY Tues at 5pm
outside the Tompkins County Legislature Building* and then join us at the
County Legislature meeting at 5:30 to speak out during public privilege of
the floor.  We must call on our legislators to do everything they can to
stop Cayuga's mercenary and immoral action.

(The Tompkins County Legislature Building is located in the back of 121 E.
Court St, at the NE corner of Dewitt Park)

FACEBOOK EVENT  https://www.facebook.com/events/587300178309506/




Irene Weiser
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607-539-6856

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*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] We are hosting a webinar on incineration - please spread the word!

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Lisa Marshall 
Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 9:22 AM
Subject: [UAFF] We are hosting a webinar on incineration - please spread
the word!
To:  


I'm so sorry that this is on the same evening as the Plastics Webinar by
Food and Water Action!

Hello friends,

On Wednesday, June 20th we're hosting Mike Ewall from Energy Justice
Network to talk about trash incinerators. You probably already know (I
didn't until recently) that they are more polluting than coal power plants!


I hope you''ll spread the word.

Here's the event on our website (you must RSVP here to get the video link):

http://ny.mothersoutfront.org/_trash_incineration_a_climate_and_health_disaster_near_you

Here's the Facebook Event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/264002934173217/



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New York, California, Massachusetts and Virginia are home to 21 of the 76
trash incinerators remaining in the U.S.  Trash incineration is the most
expensive and polluting way to manage waste or to make energy -- dirtier
than coal power plants, and dirtier than landfills.  In many communities,
trash incinerators are the largest air polluters in the city or county,
contributing to asthma attacks, cancer, and many other health impacts.
Learn about the trash incinerators in your state, and find out what you can
do to close them down and transition to Zero Waste systems.





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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [Ithaca SURJ] A Community Conversation about Local Human Rights Enforcement 6/25/18

[Irene Weiser]

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

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Date: Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:32 AM
Subject: [Ithaca SURJ] A Community Conversation about Local Human Rights
Enforcement 6/25/18
To: ithaca surj 


Hi All,

Please share widely with your networks! SURJ is a co-sponsor of this
important upcoming forum that will address many issues pertaining to the
Office of Human Rights that we have discussed at past chapter meetings.
Hope you can make it!

Also, if you are able to contribute food to the event, please email Ruth at
rmyar...@gmail.com.

Thanks and solidarity,
Kate

*Please Share Widely *(also attached as a Word doc with a flyer)

The Tompkins County Human Rights Commission
is hosting a public forum:A Community Conversation about Local Human Rights
Enforcement


*Monday, June 25, 5:30-7:30 pm **at the Tompkins County Public
Library--Borg Warner Room*

*Green St. & Cayuga St., Ithaca*

*Open to All; Refreshments Served*



v
*What can you do if you are experiencing unlawful discrimination?*

v *What assistance does Tompkins County provide to residents, employees,
and visitors?*

v *What local services, protections, and enforcement exist now?*

 *PLEASE JOIN US TO FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
ENFORCEMENT AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS HERE IN TOMPKINS COUNTY!*

*Created in 1963, the **Office of Human Rights (OHR)* *is Tompkins County's
Human Rights Enforcement and Human Rights Outreach Agency whose Mission is
to work towards*
*the elimination and prevention of unlawful discrimination, and to develop
social justice ideals.*

*v*

*Moderator will be Marcia Baum. Panelists will include a human rights
advocate, a member of the OHR staff, and the Human Rights Commission. There
will be a presentation summarizing options for local human rights
enforcement, including what rights and services were previously enjoyed by
Tompkins County residents, employees, and visitors, and what local
protections and services exist now.  After the panel and presentation, the
floor will be open for questions and comments from the community.*



*Co-sponsored by the** Dorothy Cotton Institute (DCI), Activists Committed
to Interrupting Oppression Now (ACTION), Showing Up for Racial Justice
(SURJ), Black Lives Matter Ithaca (BLMI), and the Tompkins County Workers’
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Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] NYSEG/RG 2018 DSIP Forum - June 20, Auburn, NY

[Irene Weiser]

Hi All
Sending again -
So far 7 people have expressed interest and we will be carpooling - so let
me know if you want to join!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Irene Weiser  wrote:

> ​
> This
> ​should
>  a very worthwhile presentation for anyone interested in
> ​a deep dive on ​
> NYSEG'S plan for moving forward w
> ​/​
>  renewables
> ​. ​
>
> ​If you're intersted in attending, please RSVP as described in the
> announcement below.
> ​
> If
> ​you
> want to carpool
> ​please let me know irene32...@gmai.com
> We can ​
> meet at Stewart Park
> ​, eastern most parking lot (take a right when you enter the park) ​
>  at 8:
> ​20, leave promptly at 8:30
> Lansing folks meet at Lansing town Hall - we'll swing by to pick you up at
> 8:40 on our way to Auburn.​
>
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
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> Date: Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:00 AM
> Subject: NYSEG/RG 2018 DSIP Forum - June 20, Auburn, NY
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> May 25, 2018
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>
> To:   Parties Interested in Utility Distributed System Implementation
> Plans
>
> From: NYSEG and RG
>
> Re:  June 20, 2018 Stakeholder Engagement Informational Forum
>
>
>
> You are cordially invited to attend an informational forum on NYSEG’s and
> RG’s proposed 2018 Distributed System Implementation Plan (DSIP) filing
> on Wednesday, *June 20, 2018, at the Holiday Inn Auburn, 75 North Street,
> Auburn, NY 13021.*  This forum is intended to allow stakeholders to learn
> what NYSEG and RG plan to include in the companies’ 2018 DSIP filing to
> the New York State Public Service Commission. There is no charge to attend
> the forum.
>
> The session is scheduled from 9:30 am until 3 pm.  Topics include an
> overview of the filing, Grid Operations, System Planning (Distributed
> Energy Resources Interconnections, Hosting Capacity, and Forecasting),
> Market Enablement, Technology Platform, Demonstrations and Innovation
> (Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles), and Information Sharing (System &
> Customer Information, and Cybersecurity).  After presentations on these
> subjects, participants will have an opportunity for informal discussion
> sessions with company subject matter experts.
>
> Morning refreshments and a light lunch will be served; dress is business
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> Thank you for your interest.
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] Natural gas expansions under Cuomo rile green groups

[Irene Weiser]

*Natural gas expansions under Cuomo rile green groups*

By Marie J. French

05/29/2018 05:02 AM EDT

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has blocked two major interstate pipelines
through New York, but his administration has continued to allow natural gas
utilities to build out their own new pipelines within the state to add new
customers.

The pipeline issue is wrapped up in election-year politics. Cuomo is facing
a left-flank challenge from Cynthia Nixon, who supports a ban on any new
natural gas pipelines or power plants. Cuomo's campaign has struggled to
respond, initially indicating there was a moratorium on new pipelines
before clarifying that the governor had not approved any new ones. The
campaign noted that the governor had halted two major pipelines that had
received federal approvals. Cuomo also has said he will not approve

 any new gas plants.

But natural gas utilities in the state, regulated by the Cuomo-controlled
Public
Service Commission, continue to add new customers and build new pipelines,
according to public filings and data. Environmental advocates want the PSC
to push utilities toward heating alternatives like geothermal or air-source
heat pumps to avoid emissions from natural gas.

For example, National Grid has added more than 10 miles of new natural gas
pipelines upstate since 2014 under a pilot expansion program to provide
access to more than 900 potential customers, of whom about 500 have
connected, according to the PSC. On Long Island, the utility spent more
than $50 million in 2017 on expansion programs, including on a similar
pilot program.

"We're seeing this spending on natural gas distribution infrastructure,"
said Karl Rábago, the executive director of the Pace Energy and Climate
Center. "We're trying to increase the blood supply for this growth and
we're also increasing dependence on it."

Environmentalists have also raised concerns about the leakage of methane, a
potent greenhouse gas tied to natural gas production, distribution and use.
They argue the state is underestimating the effects of methane, which is a
more powerful warming agent than carbon dioxide.

Cuomo has set an ambitious goal of cutting emissions 40 percent from 1990
levels by 2030. Energy use in buildings, including electricity, accounts
for about 49 percent of the state's emissions.

"New York is pushing forward an aggressive and nation-leading renewable
energy agenda to use wind, solar power and an increase in energy efficiency
and battery-storage development to reduce our reliance on natural gas,"
said PSC spokesman Jim Denn in a statement. "These efforts, along with
ending coal generation by 2020, will allow New York to continue to lead by
not only preserving the reliability of our energy systems, but protecting
our environment and our natural resources for years to come."

Natural gas provides heating for about 60 percent of New York's homes and
is seen by policymakers as more efficient and lower-emitting than other
fossil fuels like oil, propane, kerosene or wood. Cuomo has previously
touted natural gas as a "bridge" to transition the state to more renewable
resources, drawing criticism from environmental groups that want to block
new gas infrastructure and speed up the transition to renewable energy.

The costs to build out new natural gas distribution infrastructure and
other upgrades to meet growing demand are passed on to utility customers
through rates as the company earns a return on capital investments. The
number of New York homes heated with natural gas increased by about 7
percent from 2010 to 2016, according to U.S. Census data.

Gas utilities, including NYSEG, RG, National Grid and Con Edison, offer
incentive programs to encourage customers to hook up to natural gas. The
companies spent about $270 million on capital investments to increase the
number of customers they serve.

National Grid's rate increase for its upstate New York territory, which the
PSC approved on March 15, continues an offer of rebates for customers who
convert from oil to gas and provides incentives for natural gas expansion.
The PSC approval order requires the utility to offer customers information
about alternatives to natural gas, particularly geothermal or air-source
heat pumps.

"Although there may be cleaner alternatives to natural gas, the State
Energy Plan and NYSERDA agree with our assessment that natural gas offers
societal benefits over the use of petroleum distillates," the commission
said in the order approving National Grid's rates.

Other natural gas utilities in areas where the majority of customers have
service are facing constraints from the Cuomo administration's de-facto
limit on new supply pipelines and focus on alternatives.

In New York City, 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: NYSEG/RG 2018 DSIP Forum - June 20, Auburn, NY

[Irene Weiser]

 ​
This
​should
 a very worthwhile presentation for anyone interested in
​a deep dive on ​
NYSEG'S plan for moving forward w
​/​
 renewables
​. ​

​If you're intersted in attending, please RSVP as described in the
announcement below.
​
If
​you
want to carpool
​please let me know irene32...@gmai.com
We can ​
meet at Stewart Park
​, eastern most parking lot (take a right when you enter the park) ​
 at 8:
​20, leave promptly at 8:30
Lansing folks meet at Lansing town Hall - we'll swing by to pick you up at
8:40 on our way to Auburn.​


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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Date: Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:00 AM
Subject: NYSEG/RG 2018 DSIP Forum - June 20, Auburn, NY
To: NYSEG Public Affairs <nyseg.publicaffa...@nyseg.com>




*Please see the attached invitation that is also provided below for your
convenience. We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this invitation
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To:   Parties Interested in Utility Distributed System Implementation
Plans

From: NYSEG and RG

Re:  June 20, 2018 Stakeholder Engagement Informational Forum



You are cordially invited to attend an informational forum on NYSEG’s and
RG’s proposed 2018 Distributed System Implementation Plan (DSIP) filing
on Wednesday, *June 20, 2018, at the Holiday Inn Auburn, 75 North Street,
Auburn, NY 13021.*  This forum is intended to allow stakeholders to learn
what NYSEG and RG plan to include in the companies’ 2018 DSIP filing to
the New York State Public Service Commission. There is no charge to attend
the forum.

The session is scheduled from 9:30 am until 3 pm.  Topics include an
overview of the filing, Grid Operations, System Planning (Distributed
Energy Resources Interconnections, Hosting Capacity, and Forecasting),
Market Enablement, Technology Platform, Demonstrations and Innovation
(Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles), and Information Sharing (System &
Customer Information, and Cybersecurity).  After presentations on these
subjects, participants will have an opportunity for informal discussion
sessions with company subject matter experts.

Morning refreshments and a light lunch will be served; dress is business
casual.

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indicating your name, affiliation, and others from your organization that
plan to attend with you.

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] PILOT hearing on Dryden Solar June 6 1pm

[Irene Weiser]

Hi All
The Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) will conduct a
public hearing on the Payment In Lieu of Taxes for Dryden (Sun8) Solar I
and II projects as follows.  If you're available please show up in
support.

Thursday, June 7, 2018 1:00 PM

Town of Dryden Town Hall

93 East Main Street*, *Dryden NY


We often do battle with the IDA over providing tax abatements for projects
that don't truly need them.
This situation is different..
NY State  does not provide adequate support for solar, making it very hard
for solar to succeed here in NYS.  The IDA staff (= TCAD, Tompkins County
Development Agency) went to great lengths starting over a year ago to
determine what level of tax abatement would strike the right balance btwn
providing revenue to the municipality and school district hosting the solar
farm, while not discouraging solar projects from building here.
In the case of Dryden Solar I and II, this became even more complicated as
the project changed size to accommodate public concerns, and faced
additional financial challenges (NY's crazy new solar valuation policy,
Trump's solar tariffs, etc)
So this time, huge props to the IDA staff for continuing to work with Sun8
to revise the abatement levels make this project workable..


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607-539-6856

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] LAST CALL: May 19 Climate Solutions Summit

[Irene Weiser]

HI All
One last announcement inviting you to attend the Climate Solutions Summit
in Syracuse this Saturday. We will have carpools - let me know if you want
to join!  Previous (Oct) conference by this group was terrific - expecting
this one will be as well!

Irene Weiser
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Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Irene Weiser <irene32...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All
> The previous conference by this group was amazing!  Over 200 people
> attended - Diverse crowd of seasoned activists and newer folks who wanted
> to learn more about clean energy solutions and how they can get involved.
> Let me know if you plan to attend - if there's enough of us, we can
> organize carpools.
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *​*
> Join us at the second Climate Solutions Summit taking place in Syracuse,
> New York at Fowler High School on Saturday, May 19th.
>
> *Register Here!
> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-solutions-summit-tickets-45146368002>
> *
>
> *Climate Solutions Summit in Syracuse, NY on May 19th *
>
> The Climate Solutions Summit will feature powerful keynotes, panels, case
> studies and workshops on renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean
> transportation, movement building, environmental justice and more!
>
> This year our featured *Keynotes* will be, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan
> of the Onondaga Nation*, Oren Lyons*, Former Director of Energy
> Development for Erie County*, Eric Walker *and Former EPA Regional
> Administrator, *Judith Enck*!
>
> See more program details here <http://climatesolutionssummit.org/program/>!
>
>
> *Date:* Saturday, May 19th, 2018
> *Time: *9:00am – 5:00pm
> *Location:* Fowler High School, 227 Magnolia St, Syracuse, NY 13204
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=227+Magnolia+St,+Syracuse,+NY+13204=gmail=g>
>
> *RSVP on Facebook Here <https://www.facebook.com/events/382154122259263/> *
>
> *REGISTER HERE
> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-solutions-summit-tickets-45146368002> *
>
>
>
> *Our Mission:*The Climate Solutions Summit aims to build a larger
> movement across the northeast that is prepared to take action to implement
> effective climate solutions. We seek to provide an opportunity for
> organizers and all people from communities across the region to come
> together to share projects, case studies, resources, experiences and skills
> to tackle climate change and implement solutions.
>
> *Follow Us on Social Media*
>
> Please like our page on Facebook
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> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/382154122259263/>, Follow us on
> Twitter, <https://twitter.com/> and Follow us on Instagram
> <https://www.instagram.com/climatesolutionssummit/>!
>
> Join the conversation online and use hashtag, *#ClimateSummitSYR*
>
>
> *More program announcements coming soon! Stay tuned!  *
>
> E-mail us at* i...@climatesolutionssummit.org
> <i...@climatesolutionssummit.org> *for summit questions, comments, to
> host a table in the tabling expo or to offer your knowledge, skills or
> services.
>
> See our Spring 2018 Sponsors and get the latest at* ClimateSolutionsSummit.org
> <http://climatesolutionssummit.org/>*
>
> See you in Syracuse!
>
>
>
>
>

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [NYGCG] Cuomo's energy czar said what!?!

[Irene Weiser]

Please call, tweet, post to FB and anything else you can do to get the word
out about this.
Cannot believe it is 2018 and the State is still thinking this way!!

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Date: Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:17 PM
Subject: [NYGCG] Cuomo's energy czar said what!?!



*Governor Cuomo’s energy czar, Richard Kauffman, just said that natural gas
is a “bridge” fuel.*



*Please call Cuomo NOW and tell him that gas is a gangplank to climate
catastrophe and that he should move New York off fossil fuels.*



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Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] May 19 Climate Solutions Summit

[Irene Weiser]

Hi All
So far I've heard back from 6 people who plan to attend and want to carpool
to this conference next week in Syracuse
Please let me know if you want to join us!


On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Irene Weiser <irene32...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All
> The previous conference by this group was amazing!  Over 200 people
> attended - Diverse crowd of seasoned activists and newer folks who wanted
> to learn more about clean energy solutions and how they can get involved.
> Let me know if you plan to attend - if there's enough of us, we can
> organize carpools.
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *​*
> Join us at the second Climate Solutions Summit taking place in Syracuse,
> New York at Fowler High School on Saturday, May 19th.
>
> *Register Here!
> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-solutions-summit-tickets-45146368002>
> *
>
> *Climate Solutions Summit in Syracuse, NY on May 19th *
>
> The Climate Solutions Summit will feature powerful keynotes, panels, case
> studies and workshops on renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean
> transportation, movement building, environmental justice and more!
>
> This year our featured *Keynotes* will be, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan
> of the Onondaga Nation*, Oren Lyons*, Former Director of Energy
> Development for Erie County*, Eric Walker *and Former EPA Regional
> Administrator, *Judith Enck*!
>
> See more program details here <http://climatesolutionssummit.org/program/>!
>
>
> *Date:* Saturday, May 19th, 2018
> *Time: *9:00am – 5:00pm
> *Location:* Fowler High School, 227 Magnolia St, Syracuse, NY 13204
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=227+Magnolia+St,+Syracuse,+NY+13204=gmail=g>
>
> *RSVP on Facebook Here <https://www.facebook.com/events/382154122259263/> *
>
> *REGISTER HERE
> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-solutions-summit-tickets-45146368002> *
>
>
>
> *Our Mission:*The Climate Solutions Summit aims to build a larger
> movement across the northeast that is prepared to take action to implement
> effective climate solutions. We seek to provide an opportunity for
> organizers and all people from communities across the region to come
> together to share projects, case studies, resources, experiences and skills
> to tackle climate change and implement solutions.
>
> *Follow Us on Social Media*
>
> Please like our page on Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/ClimateSolutionsSummit/>, RSVP to the Event on
> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/382154122259263/>, Follow us on
> Twitter, <https://twitter.com/> and Follow us on Instagram
> <https://www.instagram.com/climatesolutionssummit/>!
>
> Join the conversation online and use hashtag, *#ClimateSummitSYR*
>
>
> *More program announcements coming soon! Stay tuned!  *
>
> E-mail us at* i...@climatesolutionssummit.org
> <i...@climatesolutionssummit.org> *for summit questions, comments, to
> host a table in the tabling expo or to offer your knowledge, skills or
> services.
>
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> <http://climatesolutionssummit.org/>*
>
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>
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] NYS Energy Reports

[Irene Weiser]

Hi All
Every year the NY Independent System Operator publishes a report called Power
Trends
<https://home.nyiso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-Power-Trends_050318.pdf>
- that provides info on... well... trends in managing the Grid and power
generation in NY State.   It is a pretty readable report - and interesting
for anyone who wants to get a window into what's happening and how/where
things are projected to happen.   Even if you don't read it word for word -
the graphs, diagrams and outline provide a pretty good overview...
Suggested reading for anyone looking to better understand the success and
challenges we face in converting to a renewable energy power structure.

The  NYISO's  "Gold Book
<https://home.nyiso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-Load-Capacity-Data-Report-Gold-Book.pdf>"
provides more technical data for the hardcore folks who want to get more
into the weeds.

Download them here if interested
Power Trends
https://home.nyiso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-Power-Trends_050318.pdf

Gold Book
https://home.nyiso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-Load-Capacity-Data-Report-Gold-Book.pdf



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607-539-6856

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [TCP] Save the Date - Stand up for Cayuga Lake

[Irene Weiser]

I URGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THIS.
Protect the Lake!

Irene Weiser
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*All the boys and girls*
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[image: STAND UP for CAYUGA LAKE! (1).jpg]


Friday May 11th. Tompkins County Courthouse - 320 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca,
NY 14850
<https://maps.google.com/?q=320+N.+Tioga+Street,+Ithaca,+NY+14850=gmail=g>



   -

   Wear BLUE to show your support for Cayuga Lake!
   -

   8:45 AM On the courthouse steps learn more about the case.
   -

   9:00 AM Show the judge with our numbers that people care about Cayuga
   Lake, let’s pack the court room!
   -

   9:30 AM CLEAN's attorney will argue against Cargill’s motion to dismiss
   the Article 78. If the Article 78 is successful the NYS DEC will require
   Cargill to carry out rigorous environmental review of their Shaft 4 project
   and of future salt mining under the lake. Four municipalities representing
   57,000 residents of Tompkins County are co-petitioners with CLEAN.


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[sustainable_tompkins-l] May 19 Climate Solutions Summit

[Irene Weiser]

Hi All
The previous conference by this group was amazing!  Over 200 people
attended - Diverse crowd of seasoned activists and newer folks who wanted
to learn more about clean energy solutions and how they can get involved.
Let me know if you plan to attend - if there's enough of us, we can
organize carpools.

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]







*​*
Join us at the second Climate Solutions Summit taking place in Syracuse,
New York at Fowler High School on Saturday, May 19th.

*Register Here!
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Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo energy efficiency plan

[Irene Weiser]

HI Nick
I don't have an answer to your first question.  There's a whole team of
folks from across the state who have been collaborating on this effort -
and no one had the answer at hand.  I think someone is working on it,
however..

Second question -  Case number for PSC proceeding on Energy Efficiency is
18-M-0084
<http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/MatterManagement/CaseMaster.aspx?MatterCaseNo=18-M-0084>

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Nick Goldsmith <
ngoldsm...@town.ithaca.ny.us> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing this, Irene.
>
>
>
> I have a couple *questions in bold below* that maybe one of you has
> answers to.
>
>
>
> “The new 2025 energy efficiency target will… reduce energy consumption by
> 185 trillion BTUs (British thermal units) below forecasted energy use in
> 2025, the equivalent to energy consumed by 1.8 million New York homes.”
>
> *What was the old energy efficiency target?* I have in my notes “23%
> decrease in energy consumption in buildings from 2012 levels by 2030.”
> Different target year, different metric.
>
>
>
> From the last paragraph of the press release: “Following this
> announcement, DPS and NYSERDA are submitting a White Paper into the *PSC
> energy efficiency proceeding* to determine the mix of programs, policies
> and regulations that will be necessary to achieve the 2025 target while
> reducing consumer costs.”
>
> *Does anyone have the case number for the PSC energy efficiency
> proceeding?* A quick search was not successful.
>
>
>
> Have a nice weekend.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> Nick Goldsmith
>
> Sustainability Coordinator
>
> City of Ithaca, NY
>
> Town of Ithaca, NY
>
> City Office: 607-274-6562
>
> Town Office: 607-273-1721 x136
>
> Cell: 917-270-1683
>
> http://cityofithaca.org/421/Sustainable-Ithaca
>
> www.town.ithaca.ny.us/sustainability
>
> www.facebook.com/IthacaSustainability
>
>
>
> *“Until lions have historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the
> hunters.”*
>
> *African Proverb*
>
>
>
> *From:* tc-a...@googlegroups.com [mailto:tc-a...@googlegroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Irene Weiser
> *Sent:* Friday, April 20, 2018 12:09 PM
> *To:* powerplantdiscussion; tc-a...@googlegroups.com; Sustainability in
> Tompkins County; ROUSE; ShaleShock; Interfaith Climate Justice E List
> *Subject:* Cuomo energy efficiency plan
>
>
>
> *From:* Press Office <press.off...@exec.ny.gov>
>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 20, 2018 11:19 AM
> *To:* Press Office
> *Subject:* GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGET TO CUT
> GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
>
>
>
>
>
> *For Immediate Release:* 4/20/2018
>
> *GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGET TO CUT GREENHOUSE
> GAS EMISSIONS AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE *
>
>
>
> *New Energy Efficiency 2025 Target is Equivalent to Energy Used by 1.8
> Million Homes*
>
>
>
> *Energy Efficiency Strategies Will Deliver Nearly One Third of
> State's 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal*
>
>
>
> *$36.5 Million in Investments Will Prepare up to 19,500 New Yorkers for
> New Jobs*
>
>
>
> *New Strategies Will Increase Annual Electricity Savings to Over 3% by
> 2025 Positioning New York as a National Leader in Energy Efficiency*
>
>
>
>
>
> Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an ambitious acceleration
> of energy efficiency in New York, including a comprehensive plan to achieve
> a new target for significant greenhouse gas emission reductions, decrease
> consumer energy costs and create job opportunities.  Meeting the new
> energy efficiency target will deliver nearly one third of the greenhouse
> gas emissions reductions needed to meet New York's climate goal of 40
> percent reduction by 2030. This announcement is part of the Governor's
> State of the State proposal to develop a milestone Earth Day energy
> efficiency target and comprehensive strategy.
>
>
>
> "Energy efficiency is the most cost-effective way for New Yorkers to
> lower utility bills, curb harmful emissions and battle climate change," 
> *Governor
> Cuomo said*. "As the federal government abdicates its responsibility to
> safeguard our environment, we must continue our bold action to
> reduce emissions and protect all New Yorkers, today and in the future,
> from the devastating effects of climate change."
>
>
>
> "We're aggressively working to make Ne

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo energy efficiency plan

[Irene Weiser]

*From:* Press Office 

*Sent:* Friday, April 20, 2018 11:19 AM
*To:* Press Office
*Subject:* GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGET TO CUT
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE





*For Immediate Release:* 4/20/2018

*GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO*







*GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGET TO CUT GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE *



*New Energy Efficiency 2025 Target is Equivalent to Energy Used by 1.8
Million Homes*



*Energy Efficiency Strategies Will Deliver Nearly One Third of
State's 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal*



*$36.5 Million in Investments Will Prepare up to 19,500 New Yorkers for New
Jobs*



*New Strategies Will Increase Annual Electricity Savings to Over 3% by 2025
Positioning New York as a National Leader in Energy Efficiency*





Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an ambitious acceleration
of energy efficiency in New York, including a comprehensive plan to achieve
a new target for significant greenhouse gas emission reductions, decrease
consumer energy costs and create job opportunities.  Meeting the new energy
efficiency target will deliver nearly one third of the greenhouse gas
emissions reductions needed to meet New York's climate goal of 40 percent
reduction by 2030. This announcement is part of the Governor's State of the
State proposal to develop a milestone Earth Day energy efficiency target
and comprehensive strategy.



"Energy efficiency is the most cost-effective way for New Yorkers to
lower utility bills, curb harmful emissions and battle climate
change," *Governor
Cuomo said*. "As the federal government abdicates its responsibility to
safeguard our environment, we must continue our bold action to
reduce emissions and protect all New Yorkers, today and in the future, from
the devastating effects of climate change."



"We're aggressively working to make New York more energy efficient with
unprecedented goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate
change," *Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul said*. "The strategies to make
our state cleaner and greener will result in high-tech jobs for New Yorkers
with investments in workforce development. The focus on energy efficiency
will not only enhance the environment and create new jobs, it will also
lower energy costs for residents and boost the energy economy."



Statewide, New Yorkers pay about $35 billion annually for electricity
and heating fuels, and buildings are responsible for 59 percent of
statewide greenhouse gas emissions. The new 2025 energy efficiency target
will cut emissions and energy costs by incentivizing building
developers, commercial and institutional building owners, and residential
households to pursue building improvements to reduce energy consumption by
185 trillion BTUs (British thermal units) below forecasted energy use in
2025, the equivalent to energy consumed by 1.8 million New York
homes. Meeting the target will accelerate achievement of energy efficiency
in the next 7 years by more than 40 percent over the current path. The
new energy efficiency target will not only save substantial heating fuels
but will set New York State on a path to achieve annual electric efficiency
savings of 3 percent of investor-owned utility sales in 2025.



The initiative will support the growth of cost-effective private sector
energy efficiency businesses and further Reforming the Energy Vision
opportunities for third-parties to partner directly with utilities. These
strategies will deliver benefits to New York consumers through new building
retrofits, efficient appliances, and innovative technologies like heat
pumps. New York's investor-owned utilities will also be called on to
achieve significantly more in both scale and innovation through their
energy efficiency activities. By accelerating innovation to deliver energy
efficiency solutions, New York will cut emissions by cost-effectively
reducing electricity and building fuel demand across the state. This
initiative will support the Clean Energy Standard mandate to generate 50
percent of the state's electricity through renewable energy sources
by 2030 and build on New York's national leadership on clean energy and
climate change.



Energy efficiency is a significant part of New York State's clean energy
economy, with more than 110,000 New Yorkers employed in energy
efficiency-related jobs. The New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority will commit an additional $36.5 million to train over 19,500 New
Yorkers for clean energy jobs to support this rapidly growing industry.



*Richard Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finance of New York State said*,
"Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, New York is taking tremendous strides
to reduce the costs of clean energy, support private sector
investment, grow the clean energy economy across the state, and create
opportunities for new good jobs. All New Yorkers will benefit as the market
delivers energy 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Bus to Albany Climate Change Rally Apr 23

[Irene Weiser]

*PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS!!*



Only 15 seats left!!

Sign up for the free bus from Ithaca and Caroline at:

www.cuomowalkthetalk.org

In a time of record-shattering hurricanes, with our federal government
bought and sold by the fossil fuel industry, states like New York must step
up and fight climate change. But Governor Andrew Cuomo is effectively all
talk - and too little action.

That’s why on April 23rd, New Yorkers from across the state are descending
on Albany to tell Governor Cuomo to *walk the talk on climate*. (There are
free buses from all over the state!) From Rochester to Rensselaer, Buffalo
to Brooklyn, we will join forces to demand 3 bold actions to fight climate
change, create jobs, and ensure justice for all:

   - Stop all fracking infrastructure projects
   - Move to 100% renewable energy
   - Make corporate polluters pay

*There has never been a climate march this big at the Capitol in Albany.
RSVP now for a bus from your community to be there on April 23rd.
<http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/GgE/ni0YAA/t.2fr/xxEfJ2s9TJilWU3bKF6OLA/h0/SGlTXRAjsg1KHggtWfRQwCbwMdhhpERJUWVQa5VnaQcJS1IP1t-2B7C85irTpTc2UQWFsPY2WkQwSf5inX6e4vfUhENaR17orS5b-2BmvgodIRu6d0Oj9bOhpNBvE8RpMsefDJhKXaM-2B0q4FeJHsYz4Tzdr0avJNwVFTW-2B-2FTY9vxGuQgeobnlUIfjXleoqrTC7HxkA-2BwIG-2FlQhVKq2ckgt3K4-2FI4z0QVTBMuK35JLnyZ2WAGW9WxNYTTGGxHA2FFoys-2FTdNibSpc1pq4hOFfX8uM3EK65JjgsF8geHriPqS6LmPf98-2BnvRL0Jze41Dzd0skYkwaNIA9rzIUZMYv4h0DDYlTuhx1YUDGEzZoPEzmaDkw-3D>*

Governor Cuomo says New York is a “leader” on climate change; that it is
“gross negligence” not to address climate change; and that he’s taken
“decisive action.” In reality, the level of New York’s climate pollution is
virtually unchanged since he took office in 2011. *O**nly 3% of New York’s
electricity comes from wind and solar.* Fracked gas infrastructure like
pipelines and power plants are being built across the state. And New York
is utterly failing to address the nearly 80% of our climate pollution that
comes from cars, trucks, and buildings.

So, this Earth Day, it’s time for Governor Cuomo to:


   1.

   *Stop all fracked gas infrastructure*, including pipelines, power
   plants, and compressor stations. They poison local communities, and further
   shackle New York to decades more of dirty fossil fuels. If it’s dangerous
   to frack in New York, then it’s just as bad to import fracked gas from
   neighboring states.
   2.

   *Move rapidly to 100% renewable energy*, with a just transition that
   creates thousands of good, union jobs, and ensures resources are
   prioritized to those communities most vulnerable to climate change,
   especially low-income and communities of color. If Governor Phil Murphy of
   New Jersey can commit to 100%, so should Cuomo.
   3.

   *Make corporate polluters pay* for the pollution they dump into our
   atmosphere, which damages our health and destabilizes our climate. Then use
   the money to fund an equitable transition to 100% renewables.

We have the power to make all three of these things happen in New York, but
it’s going to take absolutely all of us.

*RSVP today to join us in Albany by bus (or on your own) for what will be
the biggest climate march in our capital ever by our growing movement.
<http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/GgE/ni0YAA/t.2fr/xxEfJ2s9TJilWU3bKF6OLA/h1/SGlTXRAjsg1KHggtWfRQwCbwMdhhpERJUWVQa5VnaQdXeMLjWk6UqNlW0kHPMVQ67hDD06cHLFE1xXs06z7tTqXDVQ6b8NKEA1u0IsOhwYPzOxOG8ocOev4zcGVnNhm6EMKAme7Y2yBDm2G6m2cdgPNXbAGSRkm44ARJhzKoAYKHYyayiElWAEXRKdcfg8-2BdKaFEv2eeXSLi0hLw1lJPZ0g1lsmAxCyzBTu38oEHLw-2BcYsrqF-2B5U0fKRxRGlmHdOnOYPlrNZhUpNTcG2dqA2c-2BZLo4KNqDiEbFZ4mYDqiKG05Q38zcvTB5GqdB5j0MwJa-2FK3bQ13KqWgzcw8UwBIueJmWU-2BUQy-2FPCDL5y-2BmNnZA-3D>*

We will start with an energetic, family friendly march to the Capitol and
then pack the building with our collective power, followed by an (optional)
opportunity to participate in civil disobedience nearby. More details on
the day of the march will be available soon.

Please help spread the word about this historic march. Brave climate
leadership isn’t going to come from Washington. It’s going to come from us,
if we step up and make our Governor work for the people and the climate.

*See you on April 23rd** at the State Capitol!*


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Unforgettable underwater photography

[Irene Weiser]

Amazing pics -had to share

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2018/apr/12/unforgettable-underwater-photography-in-pictures

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom 
Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: FYI: Sign the petition: We need a strong energy efficiency policy!

[Irene Weiser]

One of the best and cheapest ways to combat climate change is to improve
our energy efficiency.
This Earth Day, Governor Cuomo is expected to announce statewide energy
efficiency goals. Let's make sure these goals are strong, respond to the
needs of low income communities - and that they do not promote the use of
fracked gas.

*3 actions you can take*
1.  Sign the petition below
2.  Call Governor Cuomo
*​(844) 372-3770 <(844)%20372-3770>*
3.  Get on the free bus to Albany on April 23 
for the largest ever climate change rally!   Tell Governor Cuomo - no more
fracking infrastructure/no more gas, time for 100% renewables and to make
polluters pay.





View this email in your browser


*Governor Cuomo said he would make a big Energy Efficiency announcement on
Earth Day; let's push to make New York's policy as bold as possible!*

Alliance for a Green Economy is ramping up efforts to press Governor Cuomo,
NYSERDA, and the Public Service Commission to develop a comprehensive
energy efficiency policy that is strong and equitable. As part of the
effort, we are circulating an energy efficiency petition

.

*We are coordinating with allied organizations to collect over 10,000
petition signatures

online.
*Please sign the petition today and circulate

i

t widely
.
The signing deadline for petitions to be printed and delivered to the
Governor's office in Albany is April 9.

We urge clean energy advocates and climate activists from across the state
to make a quick call to Cuomo tomorrow, April 3
.
We want Governor Cuomo to receive hundreds of calls asking for a
comprehensive and ambitious energy efficiency standard to address climate
change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ALL sources and to create
efficiency programs for ALL New Yorkers.

Please call * <(844)%20372-3770>*
*​​ <(844)%20372-3770>*
*(844) 372-3770 <(844)%20372-3770>* tomorrow, and share the April 3 Energy
Efficiency Call-In Day

event
throughout your networks!


And in case you missed it, Alliance for a Green Economy participated in a
March 22 Energy Efficiency Teach-In

to discuss what a strong energy efficiency standard would look like. A
recording of the teach-in is available here

.

*Please help us get the word out about the online energy efficiency
petition

and the April 3 call-in day
.
**Thank you for your help advocating for our state's rapid transition to a
renewable energy future!*

*Jessica & Andra*
*Alliance for a Green Economy*




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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: New Analysis and Blog: Strong NY Efficiency Target will Save Billions

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message -
From: NRDC
All,

NRDC posted a blog

(pasted below) about a new study released today
 that shows that New
Yorkers could save more than $7 billion on their energy bills while
avoiding 15 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution within seven years if
Gov. Andrew Cuomo sets a strong energy efficiency targrt.  NRDC.ORG

New Analysis: Strong NY Efficiency Target Will Save Billions

April 02, 2018 Sneha Ayyagari 
 Jackson Morris 

New Yorkers could save more than $7 billion on their energy bills while
avoiding 15 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution within seven years if
Gov. Andrew Cuomo sets a strong energy efficiency target for the state,
according to a new study released today
.

Optimal Energy Inc., a leading energy efficiency consulting firm, released
its analysis less than a month before Earth Day, April 22, which Cuomo has set
as his deadline

to
announce a “comprehensive and far-reaching energy efficiency initiative”
that will include a 2025 energy efficiency savings goal for the state.

Increasing energy efficiency to the level of other leading states will produce
significant benefits

for
the Empire State, such as improved public health; well-paying, local clean
energy jobs
;
lower energy bills (by more than $7 billion based on Optimal’s estimate);
and a major decrease of 15 million tons of carbon dioxide in
climate-warming carbon emissions . New York needs to scale up its energy
efficiency

efforts
to maintain its status as a leader in the fight against climate change
through goals such as generating 50 percent of its electricity from
renewable sources

and
reducing economy wide carbon emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by
2030.

NRDC joined over 50 other organizations last month in sending a letter

to
Cuomo, urging him

to
set an energy-saving standard across all fuels that would grow clean energy
businesses, require a strong utility role, build in diversity and equity,
and drive the consumer energy efficiency market. (To learn more, visit the
group’s webpage .)

Optimal’s analysis shows that adopting—and effectively implementing—an
ambitious energy efficiency framework is entirely feasible. Highlights
include:
*Electric energy efficiency programs *

Optimal’s analysis shows that utilities, which are critical to advancing
energy efficiency in the state
,
can increase their annual target incrementally each year for helping
electric customers save energy by more than 300 percent (from current
levels of roughly 1 percent annually to just over 3 percent of electric
sales) by 2025. Optimal’s analysis shows that it is achievable to reach
energy-savings of 3.15 percent.

This level of ambition yields over 23,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in total
electric sector savings (as summarized in the table below), which is
equivalent to the amount of electricity needed to power more than 3.3
million homes. These results are consistent with energy savings achieved by
utilities in leading states  such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island as is
discussed further in a 2016 study published by Synapse Energy Economics

.

*Year*

*Savings (%)*

*Electric Savings (GWh)*

*# NY Households Electric Use*

*2018*

0.6%

920

   134,307

*2019*

1.0%

1,526

   222,774

*2020*

1.4%

2,106

   307,445

*2021*

1.8%

2,683

   391,679

*2022*

2.2%

3,266

   476,788

*2023*

2.6%

3,823

   558,102

*2024*

2.9%

4,176

   609,635

*2025*

3.1%

4,516

   659,270

*Cumulative*

*23,015*

*   3,360,000*

In addition to increasing utility program energy-saving targets, the report
recommends that the state strengthen and streamline efficiency programs
administered by state agencies such as the New York State Energy 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Exxon Lawsuit against AG Climate Probes Thrown out

[Irene Weiser]

 Judge dismisses oil giant ExxonMobil's lawsuit to stop climate change
investigations in New York and Massachusetts

Reports show that the company knew about the dangers of climate change for
decades


A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by oil giant ExxonMobil that
sought to end probes being conducted by attorneys general in New York and
Massachusetts to determine if the company misled investors and the public
on climate change and its potential impact on their business.

The Manhattan judge, Valerie Caproni, said that Exxon's lawyer's
argument that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Massachusetts
Attorney General Maura Healey were pursuing their probes in bad faith is
"implausible".
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/exxonmobil-loses-lawsuit-climate-change-investigations-new-york-massachusetts-a8280721.html


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom 
Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: "James Baldwin's America" Reading and Discussion Series, April 3, 6:30 PM

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Ksenia Ionova 
Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:50 PM
Subject: "James Baldwin's America" Reading and Discussion Series, April 3,
6:30 PM
To: Human Services List Serve 


The History Center in Tompkins County
Media Contact: Ksenia Ionova at (607) 273 8284 <(607)%20273-8284> X227 or
commun...@thehistorycenter.net

*James Baldwin's America*
*Reading & Discussion Program *
*with** The History Center in Tompkins County*
*Register Online*


*Tuesdays, April 3, 10, 17, and 24 & Tuesdays, May 1 and 8, 6:30 PM - 8:00
PM*
*Meetings on April 3rd, 17th and 24th will be held at The History Center *
*(401 East State Street, Suite 100, Ithaca, NY 14850
)*
*Meetings on April 10th, May 1st, and 8th *
*will be held at the Hoyt Fuller room of Africana Studies and Research
Center*
*(310 Triphammer Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850
)*

At The History Center and the Africana Studies and Research Center,
participants will come together over the course of six sessions to discuss
a variety of thematically linked texts with Eric Acree, Director of the
Africana Library, Cornell University, who will be joined by Kimerly
Cornish, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Office of Human Rights,
and Marquis Bey, Ph. D. Candidate, Cornell University. Participants in
James Baldwin's America will explore Baldwin's major essays, including *Notes
of A Native Son*, *Nobody Knows My Name*, and *The Fire Next Time*, as well
as much of his previously uncollected nonfiction.

The program is free and open to the public, although pre-registration is
required:
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: New Blog: Empowering Utilities to Lead on Energy Efficiency with REV

[Irene Weiser]

​
Empowering Utilities to Lead on Energy Efficiency with REV

March 26, 2018 Sneha Ayyagari 
 & Miles Farmer 

​
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/sneha-ayyagari/empowering-utilities-lead-energy-efficiency-rev
​

As Governor Cuomo prepares to announce a comprehensive energy efficiency
framework on Earth Day and continues to move forward with New York’s Reforming
the Energy Vision

(REV)
strategy, it is important to remember the role that utilities can play in
advancing energy efficiency.

REV, announced four years ago, aims to help New York meet its nation-leading
clean energy goals . While New York has a bold
program already in place to ensure 50 percent our electricity demand is met
with renewable energy like wind and solar by 2030, there is no comparable
commitment

yet
to scale up energy efficiency. To ensure success, New York needs to empower
utilities to invest in energy-saving technologies as part of the efficiency
framework that the governor plans to announce on
,
Earth Day, April 22.

The governor’s energy efficiency plan will likely include many different
components, such as more aggressive building energy codes that require new
construction and retrofits to include energy-saving technologies like
improved insulation and windows, as well as appliance standards that save
customers money and cut down on wasted energy.

One particularly critical piece of a successful Earth Day announcement is
outlining a plan to require utilities to scale up energy efficiency, and
give them the resources to do so. Just as the Clean Energy Standard

mandates
that utilities buy more renewable energy each year, a similar program can
and should require them to invest more in energy efficiency programs every
year. That can be accomplished through an approach that combines best
practices in other states with New York’s unique REV framework.

Currently each utility sets yearly energy efficiency targets which are
approved by the Public Service Commission through the rate case process. As
shown by unimpressive proposals in recent rate cases
,
if the expectations of utilities are not clear and the prospects of
recovering the costs of facilitating a robust scale-up of the energy
efficiency market is uncertain, then utilities won’t set ambitious targets
at the levels needed to meet New York’s clean energy goals

.

While recent rate cases

have
approved yearly energy efficiency targets of roughly 1 percent of total
annual electricity sales, utilities can and should aim for higher targets.
Experience from other states

demonstrates
that if utilities are required to meet ambitious yet feasible targets,
simple programs like these can add up to huge savings over time. Ramping up
to 3 percent of energy savings per year as is being achieved in other
states could save New Yorkers billions

on
energy bills by 2030.
How can utilities advance energy efficiency?

Utilities can invest in energy efficiency in a variety of ways. One method
currently employed by New York utilities, for example, is to provide
discounts on energy efficient lighting

, heating, and cooling equipment
.
These programs encourage customers to save energy, which helps the
utilities avoid costly grid infrastructure, reduces the need to build new
power plants, while also reducing climate-warming carbon emissions and
other harmful pollution.

But utilities also have also experimenting with programs to foster greater
competition among energy efficiency providers. That’s where REV comes in. A
core goal of REV is to spur competition to develop distributed energy
resources (DERs)
,
which unlike centralized traditional powerplants, are spread-out physical
and virtual assets that can 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Green Building Policy - Public Event 3/28; Comment Period Closing Soon

[Irene Weiser]

Hi All
Please come out and give your supportive comments to this green building
policy proposal.  There will likely be pushback.  We must have a sizable
showing - esp from City residents- to demonstrate strong support for this
path-making policy proposal. Great to see the City lead!

-- Forwarded message -
From: Nick Goldsmith 
Date: Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 5:59 PM
Subject: Green Building Policy - Public Event 3/28; Comment Period Closing
Soon
To: Nick Goldsmith 


Hello,

Here are three quick updates all related to YOUR chance to give feedback on
the Green Building Policy. Please help spread the word!
1. Public Outreach Event March 28
2. Green Building Policy report comment period closes March 30
3. Planning and Economic Development Committee April 11

*Public Outreach Event March 28*
On March 28 there will be a public outreach event to share information and
collect feedback on the second draft of the Green Building Policy report.
Mayor Svante Myrick will join Town of Ithaca Supervisor Bill Goodman,
Sustainability Coordinator Nick Goldsmith and members of the GBP consultant
team to present a summary of the policy and to field questions from
community members on Wednesday, March 28th at 5:30pm to 7:00pm at The Space
@ GreenStar located at 700 W Buffalo St. The meeting will be free and open
to the public with light refreshments provided. RSVPs to
n...@streamcolab.com are requested but not required. See attached for more
information.

*Public Comment Period Closes March 30*
We are approaching the end of the comment period for the Ithaca Green
Building Policy report
.
We would love to hear any comments or questions, positive or negative, that
you have. Comments will be accepted through the end of March.

More information is below. The executive summary of the report gives a
quick overview of the policy recommendations (p.4), and you can dive into
the details in the report as necessary.

*City of Ithaca Planning and Economic Development Committee April 11*
The City of Ithaca PEDC will consider adoption of the final GBP report at
its April 11 meeting. There will be a chance for the public to make
comments about the report at the beginning of that meeting. Please consider
coming to give your comments in person (even if you have already submitted
by email). This may be the best opportunity for your comments to be heard
by City elected officials. More information about PEDC meetings is
available at
http://www.cityofithaca.org/359/Planning-Economic-Development-Committee.

If PED approves the report, it will move on to Common Council May 2. If
Common Council approves it, staff will begin the process of turning the
report recommendations into code language and seeking adoption of a local
law that formalizes the policy.The approval process will follow a similar
path through the Town of Ithaca.

Best regards,
Nick

Nick Goldsmith
Sustainability Coordinator
City of Ithaca, NY
Town of Ithaca, NY
City Office: 607-274-6562
Town Office: 607-273-1721 x136
www.facebook.com/IthacaSustainability 


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hunters.” African Proverb*
--
*From:* Nick Goldsmith
*Sent:* Friday, March 09, 2018 4:19 PM
*To:* Nick Goldsmith
*Subject:* Green Building Policy - Report and News

Hello,


Thank you for your interest in the Ithaca Green Building Policy. If you
would like to be removed from this email list, please let me know.


The second draft of the Ithaca Green Building Policy report is open for
public comment and will be considered for approval by City of Ithaca and
Town of Ithaca elected officials in the upcoming months. The report
provides policy recommendations for energy efficiency requirements and
related incentives to substantially reduce carbon emissions in all new
buildings, while emphasizing affordability. City of Ithaca Mayor Svante
Myrick mentioned the 2018 goal of adopting a green building policy in his
State of the City address in January.



Download the GBP second draft report here
.
Learn more at www.ithacagreenbuilding.com. Submit comments about the report
to ngoldsm...@cityofithaca.org.



Below is additional information about the policy, along with a schedule of
upcoming meetings.



The policy that we are currently proposing would require all new buildings
to be constructed to produce 40-50% fewer GHG emissions than New York State
code requires, and would ramp down to net-zero buildings by 2030. There
would be two compliance paths. The "Easy Path" is a point system where the
builder chooses from a menu of options to achieve six points. Using the
Easy Path, it is possible to comply 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] Call Cuomo Monday- Percoco Guilty of Corruption

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Laura Shindell 
Date: Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 8:37 AM
Subject: [UAFF] Call Cuomo Monday- Percoco Guilty of Corruption
To: "fossilfre...@googlegroups.com" 


*“Call Cuomo Mondays”*



*Urge Governor Cuomo to Shut down the CPV Power Plant – it was built on
bribes.*



*877-235-6537 <(877)%20235-6537>*


Governor Cuomo must shut down a dirty power plant stained by corruption.



Cuomo’s former top aide and close personal friend, Joseph Percoco stood
trial this winter for taking bribes from the energy company CPV to help
approve a fracked gas power plant in Orange County.

*A few days ago, Percoco was found guilty of 3 felony counts – confirming
that the permitting process for the CPV power plant was corrupted.*



Meanwhile, the plant has begun testing operations and local residents are
already feeling sick from the pollution of the plant.

In light of the guilty verdict of Joe Percoco, Governor Cuomo must shut
down the CPV plant- a toxic mess his administration created.

If Governor Cuomo cares about squashing corruption in New York, he cannot
allow a company to bribe state government, *and get away with it.*


Demand that Governor Cuomo put the health and welfare of residents of
Orange County before the interests of profit hungry corporations and their
politically connected cronies.






*Call Cuomo at 877-235-6537 <(877)%20235-6537> and demand he shut down the
CPV Power Plant. Calling is easy! Here’s a sample script for when you call
to make it easier  *“I just heard about the Percoco verdict and I am
outraged that a project built on bribes and backdoor deals has not yet been
shut down. It is even worse that the CPV project is a fracked-gas power
plant which has already sickened people throughout Orange County. The use
of fracked-gas is also the greatest threat to climate change. It's time he
walk the talk and shut down all fossil fuel infrastructure and transition
us to 100% renewable energy. Cuomo must stop the pollution and corruption
from this plant”



*Along with our allies, we're calling Governor Cuomo every Monday, urging
him to move New York off fossil fuels. Want to receive text alerts about
"Call Cuomo Mondays"? Text CUOMOMONDAYS to 69866*


* P.S. Join us in Albany on April 23rd to demand Cuomo Walk the Talk on
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: 3/23, 1:30pm: Poor People's Campaign event "Confronting the Four Evils," Ithaca, NY

[Irene Weiser]

*Confronting the Four Evils: A workshop on the intersection of systemic
racism, poverty, militarism, and ecological devastation*

*NYS Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival*

Featuring guest speaker
Manolo de los Santos
Popular Education Project (PEP)
*Read about Manolo here
*


*Friday, March 23, 2018 *
1:30pm-4:30pm

First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, 2nd Floor Annex
208 E. Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY 14850


Free and open to the public.
Building is accessible.

*RSVP here!*
https://goo.gl/forms/issz6yy2VQckGAqr1

We're working on providing child care and transportation for those who need
it, so please note your needs in the form or call us at 607-255-7293
<(607)%20255-7293>.

*Local co-sponsors:* NYS Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral
Revival, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations, Multicultural Resource
Center, Food Bank of the Southern Tier Speakers' Bureau, Warrior Writers,
Combat Paper, Cornell University Public Service Center, Engaged Cornell.

*Questions?* Contact us at (607) 255-7293 or cus...@cornell.edu.



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [sustainableotsego] new fracking Compendium plus Rolling Stone story

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Sandra Steingraber" 
Date: Mar 13, 2018 3:06 PM
Subject: [sustainableotsego] new fracking Compendium plus Rolling Stone
story
To: "SO Otsego" 
Cc:

Dear friends,

I’m very pleased to share this news:  Concerned Health Professionals NY and
Physicians for Social Responsibility have just released the 5th edition of
our Compendium on the risks and harms of fracking.  Lots of new evidence
here for infrastructure harms (pipelines, gas storage, sand minding,
compressor stations, LNG).

The report is available as a free download on the CHPNY and PSR websites:
concernedhealthny.org/compendium/

 and psr.org/resources/fracking-compendium.html



Look for a series of social media memes in the days ahead.  (They will
start on my Facebook page.)

Meanwhile, we received *great* media coverage this morning from *Rolling
Stone* magazine.  Please consider posting and sharing these links below:


*Rolling Stone article:* *'The Harms of Fracking': New Report Details
Increased Risks of Asthma, Birth Defects and Cancer* https://www.
rollingstone.com/politics/news/fracking-health-risk-
asthma-birth-defects-cancer-w517809


*Sample tweet:*
Must-read in @RollingStone: 'The Harms of #Fracking': New Report Details
Increased Risks of Asthma, Birth Defects and Cancer https://www.
rollingstone.com/politics/news/fracking-health-risk-
asthma-birth-defects-cancer-w517809

by
@JustinNobel

*On Facebook:*
Read & Share!
"The most authoritative study of its kind reveals how fracking is
contaminating the air and water – and imperiling the health of millions of
Americans" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/fracking-health-risk-
asthma-birth-defects-cancer-w517809



I join all my co-authors in saying that we ardently hope that this report
will be useful to residents of frontline communities who are fighting for
their lives and land as well as to those fighting for bans, moratoria, and
renewable energy policies at the state and municipal levels.

I know that some of you have been waiting a long time for the release of
the 5th edition, which took longer than we anticipated. With more than
1,200 published studies now in the peer-reviewed literature, each edition
of the Compendium requires greater time and labor to compile. To put this
in perspective (and here’s a talking point):

The evidence contained in the Compendium’s second edition helped us win a
ban on fracking in New York State in December 2014.  At that time, there
were 400 + published peer-reviewed studies.  Now, three years later, the
number of published studies has tripled—and almost all of the new evidence
is damning.

What we strongly suspected three years ago is now confirmed: Fracking is
not safe for public health or the climate and cannot be made safe by any
regulatory framework.  What we identified as potential risks in earlier
editions has now become evidence of actual human harm. There is strong
evidence that people who live near, or work at, fracking sites are exposed
to toxic substances and are getting sick and/or injured.

In addition to the hundreds of updates and new entries, what’s new to this
5th edition is a *section on the dangers of LNG *and a *section on the
unique risks that fracking poses to Florida*, with its limestone bedrock
and sole 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Let's get started! 2018 monitoring water quality in Milliken Creek - first steps!

[Irene Weiser]

Is harmful coal ash from the Cayuga Power Plant contaminating our
groundwater or Cayuga Lake?
This important project will help answer that question!
Join with the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network and Community Science Institute
to monitor water quality in Miliken Creek - which courses near the Cayuga
Power Plant.  See below for details.

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Hilary Lambert <stew...@cayugalake.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 3:04 PM
Subject: Let's get started! 2018 monitoring water quality in Milliken Creek
- first steps!
To: Steve Penningroth <spenningr...@communityscience.org>


Dear friends:
We got embroiled and involved with Harmful Algal Blooms and other water
quality issues last fall and had to lay aside the formation of a volunteer
group to sample along Milliken Creek.
I am hopeful that a few of you are up for doing this during 2018. PLEASE
let me know and* say yes*.
The original project description is available below.
Thanks!
Hilary Lambert
Steward/Executive Director
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”

stew...@cayugalake.org
www.cayugalake.org



>From 2017:

On Aug 23, 2017, at 2:04 PM, Steve Penningroth <spenningroth@
communityscience.org> wrote:

Greetings prospective Milliken Creek volunteers,

First, I'd like to thank Hilary for initiating a Milliken Creek volunteer
monitoring program. As she pointed out, the nonprofit Community Science
Institute (CSI) currently partners with nine volunteer stream and lake
monitoring groups in the Cayuga Lake watershed and provides training,
coordination, laboratory analyses and online data management. Our mission
is to partner with grassroots groups to produce and disseminate
regulatory-quality data that can be used by citizens, government agencies
and other stakeholders to improve the management of water resources and,
just as importantly, document the improvements that are made. I am hopeful
that Hilary's initiative will lead to the formation of a Milliken Creek
volunteer monitoring group that can, over the next few years, generate a
clear picture of the state of water quality in Milliken Creek.

Assuming a critical mass of volunteers, the first step is to schedule a
training workshop where you will learn how to collect and preserve stream
samples for laboratory analyses, perform field measurements, record your
observations of the stream and -- assuming an internet connection at the
workshop venue -- become familiar with CSI's online database. We will also
strategize about monitoring locations and arrive at a final selection of
sampling sites based on watershed coverage, safe and legal access,
suspected sources of impacts and the availability of funds. Finally, we
will set a date for the first monitoring event.

Because CSI is short-staffed for the rest of this month, I would like to
wait until the week after Labor Day to schedule the training workshop.
Would you please let Claire Weston, CSI's Outreach Coordinator (
claire.wes...@communityscience.org) and me know if you are interested in
participating in the training workshop and if so, which of the following
times you are *not available*:

*Wednesday, Sept. 6*
  3 PM - 5 PM
  5 PM - 7 PM
  7 PM - 9 PM

*Thursday, Sept. 7*
  3 PM - 5 PM
  5 PM - 7 PM
  7 PM - 9 PM

Once we have heard back from several volunteers, we will set a date and
time and select a venue for the training workshop.

I look forward to hearing from you and getting started on monitoring water
quality in Milliken Creek.

Regards, Steve

Stephen Penningroth, Executive Director
Community Science Institute


On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Hilary Lambert <stew...@cayugalake.org>
wrote:

> Dear Cayuga Lake lovers:
>
> We all attended a meeting on July 24, 2017 at Ithaca’s GreenSpace to
> discuss the pollution of Cayuga Lake by the coal-fired power plant on the
> shoreline in Lansing.
>
> Following the presentations by Irene Weiser and John Dennis, Irene had me
> speak briefly about forming a trained group of volunteers to carry out
> regular water quality sampling along Milliken Creek, which drains to the
> lake just south of the (unlined) coal combustion products landfill.
>
> I passed around a sign-up sheet for those who were interested.
> Today I am finally getting back to you all about next steps.
> Apologies that it took a month, but with hydrilla and algae blooms and
> other challenges to water quality, we have been very busy on Cayuga Lake!
>
> Here’s what I wrote on the sign-up sheet:
> The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network has funding from the Chris Dennis
> Environmental Foundation and the Park Foundation to begin a citizen science
> group to do 

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Irene Weiser]

Awww, c'mon.  Anna for President!   Go Anna!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Anna Kelles <annakel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ha, or more accurately precedent
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Anna Kelles <annakel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Irene for the added information!  It is indeed super exciting and
>> if all goes well we will set president for municipalities throughout the
>> state and country!
>>
>> Anna
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Irene Weiser <irene32...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!
>>>
>>> One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire
>>> town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new
>>> construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet demand
>>> on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any more
>>> buildings than currently use gas in that area.
>>>
>>> NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind
>>> in the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the State
>>> Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such as heat
>>> pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in the entire
>>> Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).
>>>
>>> Irene Weiser
>>> irene32...@gmail.com
>>> Brooktondale, NY
>>> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>>>
>>> *Joy to the world*
>>> *All the boys and girls*
>>> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
>>> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles <annakel...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair of
>>>> the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee. Last
>>>> Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that will be
>>>> discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full legislature at our
>>>> bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the meeting starts with
>>>> privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court St. in the Legislative
>>>> Chambers on the second floor.
>>>>
>>>> The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale
>>>> incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of
>>>> Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template
>>>> created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any questions
>>>> anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by hundreds of
>>>> trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant air pollution very
>>>> near an elementary school and two correctional facilities as well as nearby
>>>> towns and wineries, created about 52 truckloads of toxic ash daily that
>>>> would need to be landfilled locally, and would withdraw 445,000 gallons
>>>> daily from Seneca Lake.
>>>>
>>>> A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an
>>>> additional 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is that
>>>> a few days before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an equivalent
>>>> bill in the assembly were introduced that are more comprehensive than our
>>>> resolution (here is a link to the senate bill:
>>>> http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills, if
>>>> approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and
>>>> transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than plastic).
>>>> As a result I will be sending our resolution back to committee tonight to
>>>> align more closely with the proposed state bills. The next PDEQ meeting
>>>> will be March 26th at 3pm in the legislative chambers.
>>>>
>>>> Lastly, recently NYSEG put out an request for proposals (RFP) as a
>>>> result of long talks local officials and experts have had with the state
>>>> Public Service Commission, requesting proposals in a designated area in and
>>>> around south Lansing (the Cornell business park area) for alternative
>>>> ener

Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Irene Weiser]

Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!

One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire
town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new
construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet demand
on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any more
buildings than currently use gas in that area.

NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind in
the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the State
Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such as heat
pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in the entire
Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles <annakel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair of
> the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee. Last
> Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that will be
> discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full legislature at our
> bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the meeting starts with
> privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court St. in the Legislative
> Chambers on the second floor.
>
> The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale
> incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of
> Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template
> created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any questions
> anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by hundreds of
> trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant air pollution very
> near an elementary school and two correctional facilities as well as nearby
> towns and wineries, created about 52 truckloads of toxic ash daily that
> would need to be landfilled locally, and would withdraw 445,000 gallons
> daily from Seneca Lake.
>
> A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an additional
> 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is that a few days
> before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an equivalent bill in
> the assembly were introduced that are more comprehensive than our
> resolution (here is a link to the senate bill:
> http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills, if
> approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and
> transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than plastic).
> As a result I will be sending our resolution back to committee tonight to
> align more closely with the proposed state bills. The next PDEQ meeting
> will be March 26th at 3pm in the legislative chambers.
>
> Lastly, recently NYSEG put out an request for proposals (RFP) as a result
> of long talks local officials and experts have had with the state Public
> Service Commission, requesting proposals in a designated area in and around
> south Lansing (the Cornell business park area) for alternative energy
> development and upgrades. The intention of the RFP is to reduce demand on
> the existing natural gas infrastructure and to promote future development
> with minimal natural gas needs. However, the current RFP says that they
> will accept a proposal that can include the trucking in of compressed
> natural gas (CNG) and liquified Natural Gas (LNG), if it is acceptable to
> the community. The resolution we will be voting on tonight states that the
> inclusion of trucked in CNG and LNG is not an acceptable solution to reduce
> our dependence on the piped natural gas infrastructure, which would in no
> way help us reach our our Tompkins County stated goal to decrease use of
> natural gas to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction.
>
> Below is the official press release that followed the PDEQ meeting last
> week.
>
> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
>
> In good health,
> Anna
>
>
> *Committee Recommends Support of Statewide Plastic Bag Ban*
>
>
>
> The Legislature’s Planning, Development, and Environmental Quality
> Committee, which back in 2013 considered a proposal from the Environmental
> Management Council (EMC)for a Local Law banning single-use plastic retail
> bags, today considered—and recommended to the Legislature—a new proposal on
> the issue from the EMC, one urging a statewide ban on such plastic retail
> bags.
>
>
>
> Following the EMC’s recent adoption of a measure supporting such a
> statewide ban, the Planning committee, 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Update ’18 Tompkins County EMC: Preserving Our Unique Natural Areas in a Changing Climate

[Irene Weiser]

From: Marcia Lynch 
Date: Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:13 PM
Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Update ’18 Tompkins County EMC: Preserving
Our Unique Natural Areas in a Changing Climate
To: Marcia Lynch 


*Update ’18 Tompkins County EMC: Preserving Our Unique Natural Areas in a
Changing Climate*



*When: *Thursday, March 15, 5:00-7:00pm



*Where: * Borg Warner Room, Tompkins County Public Library

   101 E. Green Street, Ithaca, NY 14850




Join the Environmental Management Council and friends for an evening
discussion on preserving our community’s Unique Natural Areas in a time of
climate change. EMC members will also give annual update on the group’s
activities; light refreshments to follow. This event is free and open to
the public.



*Scheduled Guest Speakers:  *



*A UNA Journey at Malloryville Bog – Bob Beck*

Bob Beck was raised on a dairy farm in Dryden and studied at Cornell with a
focus on evolutionary and field biology. Bob was a curator at the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology’s Library of Natural Sounds and served as a founding
board member and the first executive director of the Finger Lakes Land
Trust. Bob has served for many years on local environmental advisory
boards, including the Town of Dryden's Conservation Board and the Tompkins
County Environmental Management Council, where he helped develop the
County’s Inventory of Unique Natural Areas (UNAs). Currently, he is chair
of the Town of Dryden’s Rail Trail Task Force. After a short talk on his
UNA journey as a conservationist, homeowner, and land steward at the O.D.
von Engeln Preserve at Malloryville, Bob will delve further into his
experiences in helping produce the UNA inventory.



*Wetlands Mapping in Tompkins County – Nick Hollingshead*

Nick Hollingshead specializes in geospatial applications for environmental
research, conservation planning, and natural resources monitoring. In 2013,
Nick began working with the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network to create a new
wetland map for Tompkins County using the latest remote sensing data and
geospatial technologies. The goal was to develop a more accurate and
complete wetland map to support local municipalities in their efforts to
improve wetland protections. The map, completed in 2015, can also serve as
a baseline for understanding how Tompkins County’s wetlands, and the
ecological services they provide in terms of water quality protection and
ecological values, may change in response to climate change and other
factors in the coming years.



*Invasive species, why are we concerned*? *–** Robert Wesley*

Robert Wesley is an enthusiastic naturalist, conservationist, and educator.
Staff Botanist at the Cornell Botanic Gardens, he was for many years a
lecturer in the Department of Natural Resources, where he co-taught wetland
ecology and management. In addition, Robert has consulted on biological
conservation, vegetation management, and invasive species management for
many local, regional, and national groups, including the Tompkins County
Planning and Sustainability Department, the City and Town of Ithaca, Finger
Lakes Land Trust, and the U.S. Forest Service. He also enjoys environmental
photography. Robert will outline how invasive species affect our important
natural areas, including the Tompkins County UNAs, particularly as our
climate changes.





--

Marcia E. Lynch

Public Information Officer

125 E. Court Street


Ithaca, NY  14850


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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] Fwd: Call Cuomo Monday: Compressor Stations

[Irene Weiser]

70 degree weather in February followed by the 2nd bomb cyclone of the
season??
Its time to get OFF FOSSIL FUELS -  no more pipelines!!
See action alert below and Call Cuomo TODAY!!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]





​

A year ago, this was a bucolic farm field surrounded by woods and quiet
homes. Now because Governor Cuomo approved the Dominion New Market gas
expansion, an 11,000 horsepower turbine runs day and night forcing gas
through the pipeline, polluting the air and contributing to climate change.
 New research is showing just how harmful these fracked gas compressor
stations are. <http://www.environmentalhealthproject-ny.org/>


The Horseheads Compressor is one of two new compressor stations that were
constructed while several others were enlarged in order to move an
additional 100,000,000 cubic feet of fracked gas each day through the 50+
year old pipeline. We know Dominion plans a future expansion to move even
MORE gas through this pipeline to feed the Cricket Valley Energy Center now
under construction in Dutchess County!
<http://ny.mothersoutfront.org/hudson_valley>


*Call Governor Cuomo at 877-235-6537 <(877)%20235-6537> and tell him
that New York can NOT meet its climate goals if we continue to approve
projects like Dominion New Market and Cricket Valley!!!
<https://earthworksaction.org/media-releases/analysis-cuomo-administration-cant-meet-climate-commitments-without-halting-natural-gas-pipelines/>*

*The gas industry has said that the only thing hindering them from further
expansion in New York is grassroots activism. We must keep the pressure on
Governor Cuomo. He has the power to stop any new compressors or compressor
expansions.*

That's why we're asking folks from all over the state to call him at
877-235-6537 <(877)%20235-6537> TODAY. Flooding his office with calls is
certain to get his attention.

Making a call is a simple act, but it has a big impact. Staffers will be
tallying the calls they receive and reporting back to the governor.

*Call Governor Cuomo today. *Here's how:

*1. Call 877-235-6537 <(877)%20235-6537>.*

*2. When a staffer answers, tell them your name and where you live, then
say:*


*"I'm calling to ask G*overnor to reject all fossil fuel projects and move
New York to 100% renewable energy.


*Fracked gas compressor stations are a threat to the health, safety, and
property of hundreds of New Yorkers and to the climate. Governor Cuomo can
not meet his greenhouse gas emissions comittments if he continues to
approve gas expansion projects.
<https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Pipelines-collide-with-emissions-goal-12711088.php>*

*3. We're working to flood the Governor's office with calls TODAY, so
please forward this email to your friends and family and ask them to call
too!*

*Please take a minute to call Governor Cuomo at 877-235-6537
<(877)%20235-6537> and demand he protect our local communities and
environment by stopping all new gas compressor stations and compressor
station expansions.*

Thank you for taking action.

To learn more, please visit Mothers Out Front: http://ny.mothersoutfro
nt.org/



*P.S. Along with our allies, we're calling Governor Cuomo every Monday,
urging him to reject fossil fuel infrastructure projects and move New York
off fossil fuels. Want to receive a text reminder each Monday? Text
CUOMOMONDAYS to 69866.*



-- 
Lisa Marshall
Community Organizer
Mothers Out Front NY
http://www.mothersoutfront.org/
Cell: (850) 291-5259
Home: (607) 739-9274
"
*Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Pipelines collide with emissions goal - Times Union

[Irene Weiser]

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Date: Feb 27, 2018 8:00 AM
Subject: Pipelines collide with emissions goal - Times Union
To: , , <
north-central-pa-fo...@googlegroups.com>, <
victory_over_infrastructure_instead_clean_energy-vo...@googlegroups.com>, <
pipeline-protect...@googlegroups.com>
Cc:


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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] New report: Cuomo administration can’t meet climate commitments without halting natural gas pipelines

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Nadia Steinzor" 
Date: Feb 27, 2018 8:18 AM
Subject: [UAFF] New report: Cuomo administration can’t meet climate
commitments without halting natural gas pipelines
To: "nygcg" ,
"the-natural-gas-working-group" <
the-natural-gas-working-gr...@googlegroups.com>, "Fossil FreeNY" <
fossilfre...@googlegroups.com>, 
Cc:


>- https://earthworksaction.org/media-releases/analysis-cuomo-
>administration-cant-meet-climate-commitments-without-
>halting-natural-gas-pipelines/
>
> 
>
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>-
>
>
>
>
>February 27, 2018
>
> Contact: Nadia Steinzor, 202-887-1872 <(202)%20887-1872>×109,
> nstein...@earthworksaction.org; Alan Septoff, 202-887-1872
> <(202)%20887-1872>×105, asept...@earthworksaction.org
>
> *Feb 27, Willow, NY:* A new analysis released today shows the Cuomo
> administration cannot meet its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas
> emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 if the planned construction and
> use of natural gas pipelines and associated infrastructure moves forward.
> Released by Earthworks, *New York’s Energy Crossroads – How the state’s
> climate goals clash with natural gas infrastructure*
> 
>  also examines the state’s policy toolbox and recommends how Governor
> Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) should use it
> more effectively to halt the buildout.
>
> “Our analysis shows Governor Cuomo can either work to achieve his climate
> commitments or support new natural gas infrastructure, but not both,” *said
> Earthworks spokesperson Nadia Steinzor.* She continued, “Fortunately, he
> has the tools at his disposal to prevent committing New Yorkers to decades
> more fossil fuel consumption and harmful pollution.”
>
> *New York’s Energy Crossroads* is comprised of two parts:
>
>1. Commissioned by Earthworks, a Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers
>for Healthy Energy (PSE) analysis of the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions
>from ten proposed New York pipelines and associated infrastructure.
>2. An Earthworks analysis of the choices facing the Cuomo
>administration to stop development and reduce emissions.
>
> Earthworks recommends that Governor Cuomo, state agencies, and elected
> officials should:
>
>1. Fully exercise delegated federal authority, especially under the
>Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, to restrict or deny permits for proposed
>projects.
>2. Fill the ‘regulatory vacuum’ created by Trump Administration with a
>robust strategies to implement New York’s 2017 Methane Reduction Plan and
>limit oil and gas air pollution.
>3. Enforce specialized permit conditions for pipeline infrastructure.
>
>  *Dr. Elena Krieger, Director of PSE’s Clean Energy Program:*
> “Our analysis shows that the build-out and use of natural gas pipelines
> currently proposed across New York State would put the state’s 2030 goal of
> 40% greenhouse gas emission reductions virtually out of reach due to the
> increase of both carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas consumption as
> well methane leakage across the natural gas system both within and outside
> the state.”
>
>
> *Wes Gillingham, Associate Director, Catskill Mountainkeeper:*“New York
> State’s energy future is at a fork in road. We can choose clean energy,
> good jobs for New Yorkers, and healthy communities; or we can choose fossil
> fuels. Fossil fuels endanger our water, air, children’s health, and entire
> planet’s future. Governor Cuomo is leaning down the renewables path, but he
> must fully commit. We must stop new gas infrastructure, switch to 100%
> renewables, and make polluters pay. We cannot walk both roads and get to a
> just transition to renewable energy.”
>
> *Suzannah Glidden, Co-founder, Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion:*
> “We’re going to make sure that Westchester County decisionmakers and DEC
> regulators see and use this analysis. New York can and must stop planned
> natural gas infrastructure, reducing toxic pollution and greenhouse gases
> in the process. To meet urgent climate goals and protect public health and
> the environment, we must replace oil and gas with 100% renewable energy for
> all purposes as swiftly as possible.”
> --
> For More Information:
>
>- Earthworks: *New York’s Energy Crossroads – How the state’s climate
>goals clash with natural gas infrastructure*
>
> 
>- PSE 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Monday afternoon meeting - Opposing CNG and LNG in response to NYSEG's RFP

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: 
Date: Feb 24, 2018 2:12 AM
Subject: Monday afternoon meeting - Opposing CNG and LNG in response to
NYSEG's RFP
To: , , , <
r...@cornell.edu>, , , <
mmmc...@juno.com>, "Gay Nicholson" , <
gaynichol...@gmail.com>, "Deborah Cipolla-Dennis" <
deborah.cipolla.den...@gmail.com>
Cc: "Anna Kelles" 

Hi, all –



On Monday, Feb. 26, the county’s Planning, Development, and Environmental
Quality Committee will be considering a *resolution opposing the use of CNG
and/or LNG as solutions in response to the Non-Pipe Alternatives RFP. *



See http://tompkinscountyny.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?
Type=1=2935=True for the full agenda. The “Resolution Opposing
the Use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) or Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) in
Response to New York State Electric and Gas's Non-pipe Alternative Request
for Proposal” is on *p. 24, and the agenda has this measure scheduled for
4:00 (give or take).* Assuming it passes committee the full Legislature
will consider it on March 6.



There’s also a resolution on the agenda opposing the proposed incinerator
in Romulus.



You can speak to the committee during *Public Comment at 3:00*, or if it’s
hard to get there, you can send your comments to the whole legislature by
writing to Cathy Covert at ccov...@tompkins-co.org. I’m copying Anna
Kelles, the chair of this committee.



The meeting is in the Legislature chambers at *121 E. Court St
.,*
entrance off of DeWitt Park. Second floor of the building.



Please share this with others who’d be interested in these resolutions.
Thanks!



Martha





Martha Robertson

Chair, Tompkins County Legislature

District 13, Town of Dryden (west)

121 East Court St.


Ithaca, NY 14850


(607) 274-5434

(607) 592-3119 cell

www.tompkins-co.org



*From:* John Joseph Eckenrode [mailto:j...@cornell.edu]
*Sent:* Friday, February 23, 2018 10:31 AM
*To:* martha.o.robert...@gmail.com
*Subject:* incinerator issue



Martha,



Hi.  Is the county legislature scheduled to discuss the proposed
incinerator in Romulus?  This is a regional issue, and our county would be
downwind from it, so would be directly impacted – along with the
significant increase in diesel truck traffic on our roads. I grew up in
Harrisburg PA – their incinerator has been a disaster – virtually
bankrupting the city – so don’t believe the hype from the developers!
Cornell also needs to weigh in.



Still undecided on congressional race – not yet convinced that any of these
Dems could really challenge Reed.  Feel more hopeful about Brindisi next
door.



Thanks,

John

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Intersectional Activist Christopher Sebastian on Meat, Money & Minorities Cornell 2/22 at 4:30

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Amie Hamlin" 
Date: Feb 18, 2018 3:14 PM
Subject: Intersectional Activist Christopher Sebastian on Meat, Money &
Minorities Cornell 2/22 at 4:30
To: "For the Human Services Community" 
Cc:

Lecture at Cornell this Thursday from 4:30 - 6:30, by Intersectional
Activist Christopher Sebastian entitled: Meat, Money, & Minorities: How
Animal Agriculture Disproportionately Harms Poor Communities of Color.

It will be held in Klarman Auditorium (KG70).

The victims beyond the slaughterhouse are impoverished communities and
minorities. This talk is the abridged version of Sebastian's class on
power, oppression, and privilege at Columbia University where participants
learn how anti-black racism and class discrimination are related to animal
cruelty, and how incorporating animal rights and food empowerment into a
broader socio-political agenda creates meaningful justice for all persons.

Also hear why the mainstream animal rights movement's focus on food choices
absent of the inclusion of an intersectional  socio-political platform is
just consumer capitalism for hobbyists.

Free Pizza Provided!

Sponsored by: Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell Students for
Animal Rights, Cornell Vegan Society, Student Activities Funding
Commission, Cornell Environmental Collaborative, Dr. Renne Alexander,
Latino Living Center.



If you can, help spread the word from this FB event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1917787751884596






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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Far More Methane Leaking at Oil, Gas Sites in Pennsylvania than Reported

[Irene Weiser]

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Subject: Far More Methane Leaking at Oil, Gas Sites in Pennsylvania than
Reported
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Far More Methane Leaking at Oil, Gas Sites in Pennsylvania than Reported

An
EDF comparison of company-reported data and research measurements finds as
much as 5 times more methane, a climate-warming greenhouse gas, is leaking.

By Neela Banerjee

Leaks of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from oil and gas sites in
Pennsylvania could be five times greater than industry reports to state
regulators, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund.

Drawing from peer-reviewed

research based on measurements collected downwind of oil and gas sites,
along with government data, the EDF analysis estimates that the state's oil
and gas wells and infrastructure leak more than 520,000 tons of methane
annually, largely due to faulty equipment.
See Also:
Trump Takes Aim at Obama-Era Rules on Methane Leaks and Gas Flaring

Fracking Study Finds Low Birth Weights Near Natural Gas Drilling Sites

Pipeline Payday: How Builders Win Big, Whether More Gas Is Needed or Not

Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking's Risks to
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] MA bill re gas infrastructure

[Irene Weiser]

A comprehensive and complex bill written by a leading climate change
activist in the Massachusetts Senate proposes to accelerate the state's
transition to renewable energy by banning new natural gas infrastructure,
setting new targets for emission reductions, and using the market to curb
fossil fuel consumption.
http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2018/02/12/senate-energy-bill

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: If Trump fires Mueller

[Irene Weiser]

I know this is off-topic -but I hope you'll agree, important to be looped
in...

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Joseph Huff-Hannon - Avaaz <av...@avaaz.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 12:05 PM
Subject: If Trump fires Mueller
To: "irene32...@gmail.com" <irene32...@gmail.com>


This is nuts*: Trump is gearing up to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller
to crush the Russiagate investigation*! Avaaz is working with dozens of
groups on a mobilization plan if Trump makes this disastrous move. *Nobody
is above the law -- find an action near you:*

[image: sign] <https://secure.avaaz.org/MuellerRapidResponse3>

This is nuts*: Trump is gearing up to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller
to crush the Russiagate investigation*! Avaaz is working with dozens of
groups on a mobilization plan if Trump makes this disastrous move. *Nobody
is above the law -- find an action near you:*
PLEDGE TO JOIN! <https://secure.avaaz.org/MuellerRapidResponse3>
Dear friends,

This is nuts, but *Trump is clearly gearing up to fire the independent
official investigating Russia’s influence over the election* — if he does,
he’ll have delivered a death blow to one of the fundamental pillars of our
democracy.

When he declares himself above the law in such a brazen and dangerous way,
we can and must answer with the largest national mobilization in history!

And it’s already being organized — with *over 600 events, thousands signed
up in advance and more than 25 national organizations supporting the
actions*. Let’s add our names now, and make sure the national reaction is
immediate and HUGE:

*CLICK HERE to get details on the plan*
<https://secure.avaaz.org/MuellerRapidResponse3>.

Avaaz is partnering with MoveOn and over two dozen other major
organizations to *preemptively prepare for this constitutional crisis—with
rapid response actions across the US if Mueller is fired.* The message is
simple: "Nobody is above the law." We want headlines nationwide showing
that people in every city and State will hit the streets to defend our
democracy and the rule of law.

Over 100,000 have already RSVP'd -- let's double that and make sure there
are actions everywhere defending the investigation! *Click to find one near
you*:

*PLEDGE to join a "Nobody is Above the Law" action near you!*
<https://secure.avaaz.org/MuellerRapidResponse3>

When Mueller was first put in charge of the Russia investigation, he was
showered with bipartisan praise. An FBI director appointed by George W.
Bush, he's a highly respected former prosecutor at the Department of
Justice, overseeing dozens of prosecutions of organized crime and suspected
terrorists. He's a registered Republican!

But now that the investigation has landed guilty pleas from people in
Trump's inner circle, the president is freaking out -- and going on the
attack. News broke last week that he was *on the verge of firing Mueller,
along with the DOJ official who oversees him, to kneecap the investigation*.
His lawyers talked him out of it at the last minute -- but who knows how
long Trump will heed heir advice.

In the meantime GOP leaders in Congress are refusing to allow a vote on a
bill that would protect the investigation from unilateral White House
action. And *as Mueller digs deeper into Trump's finances and possible
obstruction of justice*, the risk that Trump will snap and fire him
increases daily.

*So here's the plan*: If Trump fires Mueller before 2:00 pm local time on
any given day, Avaaz members will join MoveOn and allies in the streets at
5:00 pm local time that same day. If news breaks later, we'll rally at noon
the following day. The scale of our response in the hours following a
Saturday Night Massacre style move from Trump will drive the national media
narrative, and put incredible pressure on Congress to hold Trump
accountable. *Our democracy depends on it! Sign up now*:

*PLEDGE to join a "Nobody is Above the Law" action near you!*
<https://secure.avaaz.org/MuellerRapidResponse3>

Our globe spanning community is no stranger to standing up to strongmen:
our Turkish colleague Özlem recently spent months in prison on trumped up
charges for exercising her basic right to assembly. We fought hard to get
her out, and we'll keep going up against authoritarianism everywhere, and
increasingly in the US, until we have the fair, functioning democracies we
need to solve the multiplying global crises coming at us fast and quick.

Onward!

Joseph, Dalia, Nick, Morgan, Rewan, Emma and the whole Avaaz team

*More information*:

Nobody Is Above the Law—Mueller Firing Rapid Response: MoveOn.org
www.trumpisnotabovethelaw.org

Republicans Show Little Urgency on Legislation to Protect Mueller (New York
Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/201

[sustainable_tompkins-l] The End of Natural Gas is Near

[Irene Weiser]

Amidst the madness of 2017, a bigger shift was missed than probably any
other — right at the commanding heights of the economy: Natural gas fizzled
out of the plan for the future.

That’s major.
Natural gas is no longer a contender or pretender, just a relic of the
past, likely to fall as far and as fast as Old King Coal, and maybe faster.
This has repercussions for the economy of many states and nations, and the
politics of the transition in terms of what we ask for and what we will get.

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/end-natural-gas-near


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] Leaked memo on Trump's infrastructure plans

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Eric Weltman 
Date: Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 6:46 AM
Subject: [UAFF] Leaked memo on Trump's infrastructure plans
To: "fossilfre...@googlegroups.com" 


*For Immediate Release*

*Friday, January 26, 2018*



*Response to Leaked Washington Post Infrastructure Memo*

*Statement from Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch*



*Washington, D.C.* – This evening, the *Washington Post* published a leaked
memo

from
the Trump administration outlining the deregulation of permitting for
infrastructure plans, including pipelines, that would “scale back
environmental requirements, shorten federal timelines and limit judicial
reviews in order to speed up the approval process for infrastructure
projects.”



*In response, Food & Water Watch issued the following statement from
executive director Wenonah Hauter:*



“The memo reported by the *Washington Post* outlines a deregulatory assault
on our environment packaged as an infrastructure plan.



“The last thing we need is to expedite pipelines that endanger our water,
communities and climate. It would perpetuate our reliance on oil and gas at
a time when we must do an about face towards clean energy solutions.



“We don’t need to upend environmental regulations to improve our
infrastructure. The memo reveals an infrastructure plan that is essentially
a giveaway to corporations at the expense of the American people and our
environment.”



*Food & Water Watch champions healthy food and clean water for all. We
stand up to corporations that put profits before people, and advocate for a
democracy that improves people’s lives and protects our environment.*



###





*Eric Weltman*

Senior Organizer

Food & Water Watch  and Food & Water
Action 



O (347) 778-2743

ewelt...@fwwatch.org



147 Prince Street


Brooklyn, NY 11201



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Celebrate! Dance! Jan 26th @ The Space

[Irene Weiser]

PLEASE JOIN/SHARE EVENT FACEBOOK
<https://www.facebook.com/events/206705369877843/>


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] SAVE THE DATE - Come Celebrate!!

[Irene Weiser]

Buried in the stack holiday emails was some exciting news that you may have
missed

The Dryden Pipeline is on indefinite hold!! - the Public Service Commission
has authorized NYSEG to move forward instead with Non-Pipe Alternatives!!
(such as heat pumps and energy efficiency)

While there was a core group that worked hard over the past 4 years to
bring us to this point - we also recognize that we could not have gotten
here without the broad-based community support that so many of you provided.

So we're inviting *ALL OF YOU - and your friends *- to come celebrate this
outcome - and to learn what comes next.

*WHAT:*  Community Celebration!
Ring in the New Year and our New Fossil Free Energy Future!

*Featuring:*   *Live music and great dancing* by Radio London
<http://www.johnsimonmusic.com/radio_london/> !!  PLUS - Food, Cash Bar -
and lots of happy activists, fractivists, tree-huggers and earth lovers!

*WHEN:*  Friday January 26th 7pm - 11pm

*WHERE:*   The Space @ Greenstar

So much to celebrate!!
Please join us and help spread the word!



Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Holiday wishes

[Irene Weiser]

Holiday wishes from Aunt Chippy
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58kMK0XeGgQ> :)

Hope yours are filled w/ family, love and laughter...


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: We Can’t Keep Eating Like This - monbiot.com

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: George Monbiot 
Date: Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:33 AM
Subject: We Can’t Keep Eating Like This - monbiot.com
To: irene32...@gmail.com


We Can’t Keep Eating Like This - monbiot.com 
--

We Can’t Keep Eating Like This


Posted: 13 Dec 2017 05:35 AM PST

This is the question everyone should be attending to – where is the food
going to come from?

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th December 2017



Brexit; the crushing of democracy by billionaires; the next financial
crash; a rogue US president: none of them keeps me awake at night. This is
not because I don’t care – I care very much. It’s only because I have a
bigger question on my mind. Where is the food going to come from?

By mid-century there will be two or three billion more people on Earth. Any
one of the issues I am about to list could help precipitate mass
starvation. And this is before you consider how they might interact.

The trouble begins where everything begins: with soil. The UN’s famous
projection that, at current rates of soil loss, the world has 60 years of
harvests left
,
appears to be supported by a new set of figures
.
Partly as a result of soil degradation, yields are already declining on 20%
of the world’s croplands.

Now consider water loss. In places such as the North China Plain, the
central United States, California and north-western India – among the
world’s critical growing regions – levels of the groundwater used to
irrigate crops are already reaching crisis point. Water in the Upper Ganges
aquifer, for example, is being withdrawn at 50 times its recharge rate
. But, to keep pace with food
demand, farmers in South Asia expect to use
 between 80 and 200% more
water by 2050. Where will it come from?

The next constraint is temperature. One study suggests
 that, all else being equal, with
each degree Celsius of warming the global yield of rice drops by 3%, wheat
by 6% and maize by 7%. This could be optimistic. Research published in the
journal Agricultural & Environmental Letters
 finds
that 4°C of warming in the US Corn Belt could reduce maize yields by
between 84 and 100%.

The reason is that high temperatures at night disrupt the pollination
process. But this describes just one component of the likely pollination
crisis. Insectageddon
,
caused by the global deployment of scarcely-tested pesticides, will account
for the rest. Already, in some parts of the world, workers are now pollinating
plants by hand
.
But that’s viable only for the most expensive crops.

Then there are the structural factors. Because they tend to use more
labour, grow a wider range of crops and work the land more carefully, small
farmers, as a rule, grow more food per hectare than large ones. In the
poorer regions of the world, people with less than 5 hectares own 30% of
the farmland but produce 70% of the food
.
Since 2000, an area of fertile ground roughly twice the size of the United
Kingdom has been seized by land grabbers

and consolidated into large farms, generally growing crops for export
rather than the food needed by the poor.

While these multiple disasters unfold on land, the seas are being sieved of
everything but plastic. Despite a massive increase in effort

(bigger boats, bigger engines, more gear), the worldwide fish catch is
declining by roughly 1% a year
,
as populations collapse. The global land grab is mirrored by a global
seagrab: small fishers are displaced by big corporations, exporting fish to
those who need it less but pay more. Around 3 billion people
 depend to a large extent on
fish and shellfish protein. Where will it come from?

All this would be hard enough. But as people’s incomes increase, their diet
tends to shift from plant protein to animal protein. World meat production
has 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Civic Ensemble - Climates of Change!

[Irene Weiser]

Civic Ensemble, Department of Performing and Media Arts, Engaged Cornell,
and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Present

Climates of Change: A Living Newspaper

Directed by Sarah K. Chalmers, Caitlin Kane & Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.

December 1-4, 2017

Climates of Change follows Zola Richard, a recent college graduate and
highly sought-after chemical engineer originally from Tompkins County. She
returns home to find the family farm faces foreclosure after several poor
growing seasons caused by extreme weather. While Zola struggles to plan her
own future, she sees the impacts of other people's choices, both on our
society and the planet. Ultimately, she must make a decision that may
determine the fate of her family and their farm.

The play is structured in the style of a Living Newspaper, which originated
in Russia and Germany at the turn of the 20th century. Living Newspapers
gained prominence in the United States in the 1930s, as part of the
federally funded Works Progress Administration. Climates of Change features
scientific research, news reports, and actual experiences gathered in story
circles and interviews throughout Tompkins County. The play brings together
voices and perspectives not often included in the dialogue around climate
change. It explores the impact of race, class, and privilege on ongoing
efforts and the starkly varied implications of global climate change for
different populations.

Climates of Change is the result of a collaborative project between Civic
Ensemble, Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA),
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), and
sponsored by Engaged Cornell.


ALL PERFORMANCES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! No reservations necessary.

All performance spaces are handicap accessible except the Enfield Valley
Grange.
​ ​
Assisted listening devices are available with advance notice for the
performances at the Schwartz Center.
​  ​
Contact Civic Ensemble with any questions or concerns at 607-241-0195 or
i...@civicensemble.org.

December 1, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. @  Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
Film Forum, bottom floor,
430 College Ave, Ithaca

December 2, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. @ Enfield Valley Grange

178 Enfield Main Rd, Ithaca
*Benefit for Enfield Valley Grange*

December 2, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. @ Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
Film Forum, bottom floor,
430 College Ave, Ithaca

December 3, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. @ Community School of Music and Arts
Martha Hamblin Hall, 3rd floor, 330 E Martin
Luther King Junior St, Ithaca

December 4, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. @ Cornell Campus Sustainability Summit

G10 Conference Room, Biotechnology Building, 526 Campus Rd, Ithaca

If you would like to attend the show but have transportation difficulties
or barriers, please contact Lucy at 443-834-4612 or l...@civicensemble.org
in advance.

​

For dates, times, locations, and more information, go to
http://civicensemble.org/climates-of-change/.

Contact Civic Ensemble with any questions or concerns at 607-241-0195
<(607)%20241-0195> or i...@civicensemble.org.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/115753325701054/

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] PSC Approves Non Pipe Alternative

[Irene Weiser]

Please see press release below and also attached*.*


*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

November 21, 2017

Contact Irene Weiser

607-539-6856 (w)  607-435-3010 (c)

irene32...@gmail.com





*PSC Approves Non-Pipe Alternative to West Dryden Road Pipeline*



In a precedent setting decision, the Public Service Commission last week
unanimously approved NYSEG’s compressor proposal and ordered the prompt
issuance of a request for proposals to address area energy and economic
development needs as an alternative to the Lansing/Freeville Reinforcement
Gas Pipeline Project, also known as the West Dryden Road natural gas
pipeline.



“Tompkins County applauds last week’s decision by the Public Service
Commission, and the willingness of the Commission and NYSEG to work with
our community to find new ways to address old problems. NYSEG’s solution
allows us to address critical safety and reliability concerns without
expanding our carbon footprint,” said *Tompkins County Legislator Martha
Robertson*.  “We look forward to seeing the innovative solutions that are
proposed in the request for proposals to support economic development while
cutting our use of fossil fuels.”



NYSEG’s compressor solution involves placement of four pressure boosters at
strategic locations along NYSEG’s existing gas distribution system in and
around the Village of Lansing to ensure operating pressure in the Lansing
service area stays at safe operating levels during very cold,
high-heating-demand days.  The pressure boosters are expected to be
installed in time for the 2018-19 heating season.



In September, the Tompkins County Legislature voted unanimously to support
NYSEG’s compressor proposal so that safety and reliability concerns could
be addressed as quickly as possible.  Similarly, Tompkins County Area
Development, the area’s business development agency, sent a letter to the
PSC indicating their support, and encouraging a swift process in order to
support business development and job creation in the region.



“Tompkins County has already seen significant local development without gas
– using energy-efficient air and ground-source heat-pumps in applications
from single-family homes to large scale housing and commercial projects,"
Robertson continued. "NYSEG’s request for proposals will enable our
community to innovate even further.”



Several municipalities, including the City of Ithaca and towns of Ithaca,
Caroline and Dryden are currently researching policies to encourage new
development using heat-pumps instead of fossil-fuels such as natural gas or
propane to meet their project’s heating and hot-water needs.



NYSEG had tried since 2014 to install a pipeline along West Dryden Road,
but met with significant community resistance, from homeowners who didn’t
want a pipeline in their front yard and from people across the county who
are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Thousands of people
contacted the PSC opposing the pipeline and several hundred community
members wrote in support of NYSEG’s compressor proposal.


 “Our decision is based, in part, upon New York’s climate goals along with
the significant public input we received from the local community keen to
protect the environment and reduce the community’s greenhouse gas
emissions,” said *Public Service Commission Chair John B. Rhodes*, in
a prepared
statement
<http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7b52204558-70EE-4551-9CD0-6CFD808E83E2%7d>.
“With the environment in mind, this pilot project is intended to boost the
gas distribution system’s ability to maintain reliable supply without the
need to build a new gas pipeline.”



“The PSC’s ruling supporting a non-pipe alternative signals the State’s
growing recognition that investing in costly natural gas infrastructure –
whether a home-furnace, a pipeline or power-plant – is a poor investment
that commits us to burning climate-damaging fossil fuels for the next 20 -
40 years,” said *Irene Weiser, Councilmember in the Town of Caroline and
coordinator of Fossil Free Tompkins*. “The PSC’s decision is an important
step on the path to replacing natural gas with renewable heating solutions
and reaching the goals of the Governor’s State Energy Plan.”



“This decision will be remembered as marking the end of fossil fuel
expansion in Tompkins County, and the beginning of statewide enlightenment:
government, utilities, and citizens can collaborate on meeting our
necessary energy transformation goals.” said *Anthony Ingraffea, Ph.D.,
P.E., Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering Emeritus and Weiss
Presidential Teaching Fellow at Cornell University*, whose recent work has
focused on meeting the goals of the State’s Energy Plan.  “We thank the
PSC, the Department of Public Service staff, and NYSEG for their vision to
use small pressure boosters, rather than increasing gas supply, as an
integral part of Tompkins County's energy transition goals.”



###
Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brookton

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [sustainableotsego] For Immediate Release: New York State Wins Latest Round in Battle with Pipeline & Federal Agency

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "s winkler" 
Date: Nov 3, 2017 8:03 AM
Subject: [sustainableotsego] For Immediate Release: New York State Wins
Latest Round in Battle with Pipeline & Federal Agency
To:
Cc:


Contact: Erika Meyers[image: POClogo (1).jpg]

stop...@gmail.com

845-978-9140 <(845)%20978-9140>


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 2, 2017.

New York State Wins Latest Round in Battle with Pipeline & Federal Agency

In a move that is being widely celebrated by both activists and national
environmental rights groups, this afternoon, the US Court of Appeals, Second
Circuit in NY issued an emergency stay
of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) “Notice to Proceed with
Construction”, issued on October 27, 2017 to the Millennium Valley Lateral
Pipeline. The stay halts construction activities until a hearing can be
held by a three judge panel.

The pipeline is intended to serve a controversial fracked gas power plant
under construction by Competitive Power Ventures in Orange County NY. The
battle between the State of New York and FERC over approval of the pipeline
reflects an escalating conflict between impacted communities and
environmental activists on the one side, and the powerful gas industry
along with FERC, an agency described by opponents as a “rubberstamp” arm of
the industry, on the other. Opponents of pipeline projects across the
country argue that FERC systematically disregards adverse environmental
impacts and see the authority of the state’s as the only means to control
what they consider “reckless” approvals.

The stay is the latest legal salvo by NYS in response to repeated attempts
by Millennium Pipeline to upend the state’s sole authority under federal
law to determine 401 Water Quality Certification.  In August, 2017, the NY
State Department of Environmental Conservation pursuant to the Federal
Clean Water Act, a Section 401 Water Quality Certificate for the
construction of the Millennium Valley Lateral Pipeline. The 7.8 mile
pipeline would traverse NY wetlands and endangered species habitat in
Orange County, NY, while supplying fracked gas from PA to the plant.

Taking their cue from an administration with little regard for the rule of
law, on September 15, 2 Trump appointed FERC commissioners overrode
NYSDEC’s authority over the water quality permit. FERC’s authority under
the Natural Gas Act does not the pre-empt the authority of a state over the
Clean Water Act. “It’s like trying to use a U.S. passport to drive a car in
NYS”, says Pramilla Malick, of Protect Orange County, the community group
leading the opposition. “While FERC may have siting authority, only the
state can permit any activity that could impact water quality.”

Last week the agency pushed the envelope further by issuing the notice to
proceed with construction of the pipeline despite pending motions by the
NYSDEC before the commission. Malick expressed outrage at this action.
“FERC routinely violates the fourteenth amendment rights of citizens but
this is the first time they’ve ever violated the due process rights of a
state.”

In an earlier statement Malick described FERC’s approval as an “Act of war
against both the State of New York and the Federal Clean Water Act”.  Her
group urged Governor Cuomo to fight FERC’s federal overreach

Malick  lauded state leaders today, “We are deeply grateful to Governor
Cuomo, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and General Counsel for
NYSDEC, Thomas Berkman for courageously fighting for the state’s right to
protect its natural resources despite the heavy handed rebuke of the gas
lobby.”

Today’s stay was issued with some urgency, as word spread in the local
community that Millennium, acting swiftly on FERC’s illegal notice, began
marking tree clearing areas that opponents claim would destroy a
significant amount of endangered species habitat as well as a mating
eagle’s nest.  Activists vowed to take any actions necessary to prevent
construction from beginning.

Citizens and environmentalists have long been urging Governor Cuomo to take
action to shut down CPV, which is situated in Wawayanda, NY, on the edge of
NY’s renowned Black Dirt farmland, and near pristine water resources.
Opponents of the CPV project assert that this populated and environmentally
sensitive location will suffer irreparable harm from the plant’s daily
emissions, in a region with declining energy demands.

Upon news of the stay Protect Orange County issued the following statement:

“Now more than ever, as we witness the dire global consequences of climate
change; as clean water, air and soil resources are sacrificed to the greed
of polluting fossil fuel giants; as our current administration in
Washington, DC, continues to deny climate science, rolling back
environmental protections, obstructing efforts to move toward clean energy,
while winking at the 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Reminder: Public Hearing, Cargill Site Plan, TOMORROW

[Irene Weiser]

This "Lansing" project effects us all - and poses potential risk to Cayuga
Lake.  I hope you will attend this important public hearing!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Carrie A. Koplinka-Loehr <c...@cornell.edu>
Date: Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 9:53 PM
Subject: Reminder: Public Hearing, Cargill Site Plan, TOMORROW
To: "Carrie A. Koplinka-Loehr" <c...@cornell.edu>


Greetings,

The planning board of the Town of Lansing will hold a public hearing
Monday, October 16, at 6:30 pm in consideration of the site plan for
surface facilities of Cargill’s Shaft 4 development. To be located in an
agricultural zone within the Cayuga Lake Watershed, Shaft 4 is a
2200-foot-deep elevator that will carry air, supplies, electricity, and
personnel under the lake where Cargill is mining salt, not far from
Taughannock State Park.



The 12.3-acre facility will include a road, parking lot, and several
buildings. The administration building will house locker rooms, showers, a
conference room, the mine shaft, and ventilation. That building will be 52’
wide by 203’ long with a tower 9 stories above the ground, visible for
miles around. The 2,000 gallons of effluent per day will be sent to a
mounded septic system on site, near Ross Road.



The development will be within a half mile of 36 residences. If you have
concerns about traffic, noise, lighting, viewshed, smells, water runoff or
other aspects of development, you can attend the public forum at the
Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road
<https://maps.google.com/?q=29+Auburn+Road=gmail=g>, and speak
for up to 3 minutes. See the planning board docs at
http://www.lansingtown.com/planning-board/current-meeting-docs.


You may also submit comments by email to planning board members (
http://www.lansingtown.com/planning-board). For more information about the
meeting, call the town at: 607-533-7054 <(607)%20533-7054>.

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: URGENT SIGN-ON LETTER DEC MUST DEFENT NYS RIGHT TO PROTECT WATER

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Pramilla Malick 
Date: Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 9:19 AM
Subject: URGENT SIGN-ON LETTER DEC MUST DEFENT NYS RIGHT TO PROTECT WATER
To: Stop CPV 


Dear Organizer:

Please consider signing this letter on behalf of your organization
addressed to Cuomo, Schneiderman, and the DEC. * The NYSDEC has days left*
to file a rehearing request of FERC's order waiving its authority over
water quality, *otherwise it will surrender this right*.  Other pipelines
companies

and the gas industry at large are celebrating this FERC order as it
emboldens FERC's authority and weakens that of states in the approval of
interstate gas pipelines.

NYS cannot let FERC and Millennium Pipeline get away with this. This is an
issue of state's rights to protect its water in the face of egregious
federal overreach. And we all know that Water Is Life!!

We're hoping to send out this letter by tomorrow *Thursday October 12th at
3PM. *Please sign here
before
then.

For individual signatories please consider sending this urgent action alert
below to your members.

Thank You
Pramilla
---


Dear Friends:

You called, emailed, tweeted, and wrote letters. *YOU forced the NYSDEC to
deny the Valley Lateral Pipeline Permit*. And they did. Kind of.  But are
they trying to pull a fast one on us? Their denial made no mention of any
of the substantive water impacts identified in the over 6000 comments
submitted to the DEC during the public comment period. Now they have 5 days
left to challenge the FERC order waiving NY's jurisdiction over water
quality, and they have done nothing yet. Why are they dragging their feet? *If
they fail to challenge the FERC order by the end of this week, they will
surrender a critical right granted to states pursuant to federal law, the
right to protect our water*. It is one of the few powers a state has
against FERC's pipeline rubber stamp.

*Please call Governor Cuomo* this week starting this morning and as many
times as you can and *call Thomas Berkman of the DEC.* *Demand that they
defend state's rights and protect our water.* If they do not, pipeline
companies throughout the country are watching and vowing to run to FERC for
similar waivers.

Already executives for both *Northern Access Pipeline* and *Constitution
Pipeline *have indicated this. Spokesman for the CP, Christopher Stockton  said
the company will “seek a similar Clean Water Act Section 401 waiver
determination directly from FERC,” in line with a federal court ruling
cited by FERC in its decision regarding Millennium.


Please sign this letter that will automatically be sent to Cuomo and
Berkman.

Then
please make these calls with these comments:

*Governor Andrew Cuomo  *518-474-8390 <(518)%20474-8390> Twitter:
@NYGovCuomo
*https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form
 *

*Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel Thomas Berkman* *518-402 9185
<(518)%20402-9185> thomas.berk...@dec.ny.gov

Ask them:- *Why haven't you challenged the FERC waiver yet?*

*- How will you address the 6000 comments on water
issues and how will you protect our water?*

*- What will you do if FERC issues a Notice to Proceed
with construction?*

Tell Them:   *- You must defend states rights and protect our water. Do not
surrender!*

*   -  You must submit a legally strong challenge
explaining why Millenniums application was not immediately complete.*

*   -  You must seek a injunction if FERC issues a Notice
to Proceed.*

*   -  We are watching every step and will not be fooled.*

Then Call: *Attorney General Eric Schneiderman  *eric.schneider...@ag.ny.gov
 212-416-8446 <(212)%20416-8446> TWITTER: @AGSchneiderman

Ask him: * - Why are you not investigating CPV's corruption of the approval
process?*

*- Why are you not investigating decision makers and
organizations that helped CPV like the Orange County Partnership?*

Tell him:- *Vigorously defend DEC’s timely rejection of the Water
Quality Certificate for the Millennium Valley Lateral Pipeline, and
challenge FERC for failing to address CPV’s  greenhouse gas emissions.*

If you are on twitter you can retweet what we post if you follow us
@ProtectOrangeCo or @Stop_CPV

Please don't forget that oral arguments in our appeals case on the Town's
failure to study the 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Cargill issue before the Lansing Village Board - We need your help

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Cait Darfler 
Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM


>From the amazing Deborah Dawson. She's put together a great email that I
wanted to share with you.


Dear Friends,

This is a LONG email.  PLEASE take the time to read it, and forward it to
anyone you know who cares about Cayuga Lake.  Our lake needs our protection.

I don't know how familiar you are with the Cargill issue, so I'll start by
providing a link to my Lansing Star article to give you the background.
http://www.lansingstar.com/opinions/14199-letters-i-am-not-a-bond-villai
n-setting-the-record-straight

Last week, our Village Board passed a resolution to join the Article 78
proceeding that Cayuga Lake Environmental Action Npw and the Atlantic
Chapter of the Sierra Club will be filing against the DEC.  (That
resolution is reported at http://www.lansingstar.com/
news-page/14232-village-of-lansing-joins-mine-lawsuit ) The petitioners in
that proceeding now include the City of Ithaca, the Towns of Caroline,
Danby, and Ulysses, and the Villages of Aurora and Trumansburg, as well as
approximately 15 individual private individuals who own property on or
overlooking the lake.  However, the political backlash from Mike Sigler and
Ed LaVigne was extreme, and the Mayor was pissed off because he felt
"blindsided" by the motion to pass the resolution, so the Mayor never
signed the resolution, and Trujstee Gerry Monaghan will move to rescind it
at this Thursday's afternoon Village Board meeting.  I guess - I hope - it
will be back on the agenda for the Trustee's Oct 16 meeting.

I am asking concerned residents (of VLansing, Lansing, Tompkins County, and
other areas adjacent to the lake) to write emails to the Village Board
members to urge them to pass the resolution again and join the law suit.
Their emails are:
Don Hartill, Mayor dl...@cornell.edu
Ronny Hardaway, Deputy Mayor  rjharda...@yahoo.com
Gerry Monaghan, Trustee  gmonagha...@mac.com
John O'Neil, Trustee  johnone...@aol.com
Patricia O'Rourke  patith...@aol.com

 For more info, I'm reproducing below the text of an email I sent to them
yesterday.  It contains additional information you may wish to reference in
your communications with the Board.

Dear Trustees:

It appears that you will be rescinding last week's vote on the Article 78
resolution, and putting it up for another vote on October 16.   As you
weigh your votes yet again on this resolution, I respectfully request that
you inform your consideration by reading the scientific materials that are
posted on CLEAN's website at http://cleancayugalake.org/ documents/
 - particularly the reports by
Andrew Ferguson and John Warren, and the comments by Raymond Vaughan,
Richard Young, and Andrew Michalski.  John Warren, PhD in Geology, and
Angus Ferguson, M.Sc. in Geology), both teach in the Petroleum Geoscience
program at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.  Raymond Vaughan,
PhD in Physical Geology, is a consulting geologist working out of Buffalo.
Richard Young, PhD in Geology, teaches at SUNY Geneseo.  Andrew Michalski,
PhD in Geological Engineering, MS in Hydrology and Engineering Geology, is
a New Jersey-based consultant specializing in hydrologeological and
environmental remediation.  Their documented concerns about the potential
environmental risks of Cargill's northward mining expansion surely should
have precluded the issuance of a Neg Dec by the DEC.

I understood from Mayor Hartill's comments at last week's meetings that he
had been persuaded by his colleague, Lawrence Cathles, PhD, whose written
opinions on Cargill's mining operations the Mayor has already shared with
you, that the Shaft 4 project poses no significant potential environmental
risks.  At best, Dr. Cathles' letters establish a difference of scientific
opinion with Drs. Warren, Vaughan, Young, and Michalski, and Mr. Ferguson.
They by no means establish that there is no risk.

It concerns me that Professor Cathles is listed as a signatory of the
Global Warming Petition that can be found at http://petitionproject.org  -
a petition that states that "[t]here is no convincing scientific evidence
that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is
causing, or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of
the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate."  The
petition project website states that the signatories of the petition are
"convinced that the human-caused global warming hypothesis is without
scientific validity and that government action on the basis of this
hypothesis would unnecessarily and counterproductively damage both human
prosperity and the natural environment of the Earth."  Professor Cathles'
participation in this project suggests that he may be inclined to minimize
the significance of environmental risks posed by profitable industrial
activities like salt mining.

Finally, I ask you to consider the 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Tell Cuomo to defend NY's Water from Trump's FERC

[Irene Weiser]

> In an unprecedented move the federal agency in charge of pipelines with a
> new Trump appointee overturned NYSDEC's denial of the water permit for the
> lateral pipeline to serve the CPV Valley Power Plant. This is the feds
> usurping a critical state right. P
>
> [image: STOP THE CPV BLACK SNAKE] ACTION ALERT (BELOW) IMPORTANT DATES: OCT
> 5TH OCL MTG
> 
>  OCT
> 10 ORAL ARGUMENTS (APPEAL CASE)
> 
> MILLENNIUM AND FERC HAVE BEGUN EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE VLP: CALL NYSDEC and
> TELL THEM TO INTERVENE AND STOP THE PROCEEDINGS! *Call* *De**puty
> Commissioner and General Counsel Thomas Berkman*  518-402-9185
> <(518)%20402-9185?link_id=2_id=fe4ef9eb77bb53bae11720115d84d7b2=email-we-havent-won-yet-please-make-these-calls-today-to-stop-cpv_referrer=email_238914___from_288127___subject_288125_subject=tell-cuomo-to-defend-nys-water-from-trumps-ferc>
> thomas.berk...@dec.ny.gov
> 
>
> Dear Friends:
>
> A few weeks ago, the New York State Department of Environmental
> Conservation (NYSDEC) denied the final water permit for Millennium’s Valley
> Lateral Pipeline (VLP), which would supply fracked gas from Pennsylvania to
> the CPV power plant in Wawayanda.
>
> Some environmental groups, who had never been part of this fight, wrongly
> declared that, since the permit was denied, we had won.  This is absolutely
> not the case. DEC's denial marked a turning point, but was far from a
> victory. A few weeks later, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
> the direction of a new Trump appointed commissioner, overturned DEC's
> decision.  Construction on CPV is still actively under way. Millennium and
> CPV have become more emboldened than ever. Moreover, while the DEC denied
> the VLP permits, they approved another component of the project, the
> Eastern System Upgrade. Contradictions and inconsistencies still abound
> with this project. (detailed analysis here
> )
>
>
> As catastrophic climate events occur with unprecedented frequency we
> cannot afford for NYC to become locked into fracked-gas dependency for the
> next 40 years. Protect Orange County's only goal is to shut down this
> project and ALL of its related components; to protect the health and safety
> of impacted communities; to protect our air and water; and to defend the
> climate against rapidly warming fracked gas emissions.
>
> We are up against two of the biggest companies in the world; TransCanada,
> the owner of Millennium, and GE, one of the owners of CPV. Yet, we have
> three compelling resources on our side; the law, the science
> ,
> and the power of the people. And of those three, the biggest and most
> powerful is people 's resistance.  *You are 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] NYSEG Non Pipe Alternative update

[Irene Weiser]

o the many
people who helped with tabling.

This has been a community effort in the broadest sense of the word - and
all your many efforts over these many years have brought us to this point.
I'm optimistic that the PSC will approve NYSEG's innovative proposal and
that Dryden and Tompkins County will once again lead the State (and perhaps
the nation!) in turning us away from using fracked gas - and instead to
making necessary investments in renewable infrastructure!

The PSC decision could come as soon as the Oct 19th 10:30am meeting.  Stay
tuned!
And save the date if you're up for a road trip to Albany for the
(hopefully) momentous occasion!  I'll keep everyone posted if/when we know
whether our case is on the agenda.

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom 
Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] ITC puts Solar's Future in Trump's Hands...

[Irene Weiser]

ITC finds injury to US solar manufacturers, sending tariff decision to Trump
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/updated-itc-finds-injury-to-us-solar-manufacturers-sending-tariff-decisio/505602/
Dive Brief:

   - The U.S. International Trade Commission voted 4-0 on Friday to find
   that imports of cheap solar panels have caused injury to domestic solar
   manufacturers, setting up a high-stakes tariff decision for President Trump.
   - The ITC sided with two financially struggling U.S. manufacturers who
   blamed cheap Chinese solar module imports for their demise. Suniva and
   SolarWorld propose a tariff of $0.40/watt on imported solar cells and a
   floor price of $0.78/watt on imported modules.
   - The ITC has until November to make formal recommendations to the White
   House, after which Trump has two months to decide on a final policy. Tariff
   opponents say the manufacturer proposal could endanger 88,000 jobs and
   put at risk two-thirds of utility-scale solar projects set to come online
   in the next five years.

​Dive Insight:

The ITC's finding puts the future of the U.S. solar industry into the hands
of the Trump administration. With the injury ruling, the case now proceeds
to the remedy phase, where the opposing sides will debate potential
solutions before the ITC submits a formal recommendation to the White House.

SEIA expressed disappointment in the ruling in a call with journalists
following the ruling.

"As you can imagine we are disappointed in today’s ITC votes but certainly
not deterred," SEIA President Abigail Hopper said. "We will continue to
take the leadership role" in these discussions, she added. "In the next
five days, we’re going to be deeply engaged in thinking about remedies."
Pre-hearing briefs for the remedy hearing are due Sept. 27.

Suniva, on the other hand, expressed relief over the ruling.

"We brought this action because the U.S. solar manufacturing industry finds
itself at the precipice of extinction at the hands of foreign market
overcapacity," the company said in a press statement. "The ITC has agreed,
and now it will be in President Trump's hands to decide whether America
will have this capability to manufacture this energy source."

The tariff petition comes as module prices fell dramatically, stoking
demand in the U.S. by nearly 350%, according to a post-hearing brief from
SolarWorld. During a marathon 10-hour hearing
<http://www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-vs-solar-suniva-defends-push-for-import-relief-in-marathon-hearing/449450/>
in
August, Suniva and SolarWorld said nearly 30 solar manufacturers went under
as a result of a flood of cheap Chinese solar modules, which were heavily
subsidized by the government.

Opponents argued the two companies are not representative of the wider
industry and have less of a stake in the U.S. than they claim.

An E News investigation uncovered
<https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060054585/> the majority of Suniva's
products were not made in the U.S., but came from other countries. The
company sold a 64% stake
<https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/breaking-shunfeng-acquires-majority-stake-in-us-solar-manufacturer-suniva>
to
Chinese firm Shunfeng in 2015. SolarWorld's parent company is based in
Germany as well, which filed for insolvency
<https://www.pv-magazine.com/2017/05/10/breaking-solarworld-insolvent/> in
May. Suniva declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy
<https://www.pv-magazine.com/2017/04/18/suniva-files-for-bankruptcy/> in
April.

If President Trump approves the petitioners' tariff request, the solar
lobby says impacts on deployment would be immense. Trump's political
appointees have pledged support of coal generation, and the President
himself decried solar as "too expensive" during his 2016 campaign. The
ramifications for solar are significant, as the injury ruling injects
uncertainty into solar developers' calculations and birthing wariness from
lenders.

Without tariffs, GTM and SEIA forecast
<http://www.greentechmedia.com/research/report/us-solar-outlook-under-section-201>
cumulative
U.S. solar installations from 2018 to 2022 would be 72.5 GW. With a
$0.78/watt minimum module price, that forecast falls to 36.4 GW. Add in the
$0.40/watt cell tariff, and the forecast reaches only 25 GW over that time.

Some solar manufacturers could stand to benefit from the ruling, such as
First Solar, which uses thin-film panels instead the crystalline silicon
photovoltaic material. And foreign solar manufacturers said
<https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/foreign-solar-manufacturers-weigh-opening-us-facilities-trade-tariff-looms>
they
are exploring options to open new facilities in the U.S. to avoid potential
trade restrictions, Greentech Media reports.

A hearing to discuss remedies is set for Oct. 3. Recommendations are due to
the White House by Nov. 13.

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856 &

[sustainable_tompkins-l] County passes resolution supporting NYSEG proposal!!!

[Irene Weiser]

BIG NEWS from County Legislature last night- UNANIMOUS support for NYSEG's
compressor project!!

I suggest that a message of thanks to Martha Robertson and other
legislators would be a nice thing :)

You can email Martha and ask her to share with other legislators..
mrobert...@tompkins-co.org


*Legislature Supports NYSEG Petition for Lansing Compressor Project, Urges
Expeditious PSC Review*

The Legislature went on record in unanimous support of a New York State
Electric and Gas petition to the State Public Service Commission (PSC)
requesting permission to construct a pressure-boosting compressor station
project to address safety, pressure, and reliability issues for current
natural gas customers in the Lansing area.  The Legislature urges
expeditious review and approval of the petition by the PSC.



The project proposes four skid-mounted “pressure booster” compressor units,
placed strategically within the existing gas distribution system, to
elevate system pressures in the Lansing area during times of peak gas
demand.  The measure states that the project is in the public interest, as
the pressure boosters will improve system reliability; better allow for the
safe and continued uninterrupted supply of gas service to existing
customers in the Lansing area, and help return pressure in the distribution
system to optimal operating pressures.  It notes that NYSEG would like to
have the pressure boosters in place for most of the 2018-19 heating season,
and that schedule could be implemented if the PSC grants timely approval.



The resolution pledges that Tompkins County will assist NYSEG, as
requested, in planning for the pressure boosters and facilitating
communication between NYSEG and the public.



Legislator Martha Robertson, who advanced the member-filed resolution,
recalled that the proposed initiative now before the PSC arose from
discussions with the utility stemming from work of the County’s Energy and
Economic Development Task Force.  “With quick approval, people could have
this in place by December 2018,” Robertson said.  “Our voice in support or
this filing and this petition will certainly be helpful in persuading them
to move ahead.”   The member-filed approach was necessary due to a lack of
time to get the matter through the Legislature’s committee process and
still meet the PSC’s September 25th comment deadline.



Lansing Legislator Mike Sigler also spoke in support of the compressor
project.  “NYSEG has dragged its feet for years now…and has put my
constituents in jeopardy,” he said.  “The fact that NYSEG has done this is
unacceptable.  This is simply to boost the pressure and it’s a safety
measure that is important.”

*Contact:  Legislator Martha Robertson, 592-3119; Legislator Mike Sigler,
339-7978.*


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
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Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Overview of State's plan for carbon tax!!

[Irene Weiser]

Great article
https://www.rtoinsider.com/nyiso-ferc-carbon-charge-49181/

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
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Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: FINAL DECISION ISSUED TONIGHT CALL CUOMO & JOIN US FOR VIGIL

[Irene Weiser]

PLEASE   PLEASE   PLEASE
*make this call!!  *


-- Forwarded message --
From: Pramilla Malick and James Cromwell via ActionNetwork.org <
i...@actionnetwork.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:22 AM
Subject: FINAL DECISION ISSUED TONIGHT CALL CUOMO & JOIN US FOR VIGIL
To: irene32...@gmail.com


The DEC will issued its final decision tonight. Let's flood Cuomo's phone
lines before the next Hurricane floods our homes.

Firstly, thank you to all who attended our rally.  Our facebook page has
several videos of the rally but here are some highlights
.


Hurricane Harvey is the sound of nature's alarm. But many people including
our elected officials still are not listening. We can't wait for them to
#ActOnClimate.  Governor Cuomo will announce his decision on the Valley
Lateral Pipeline and Eastern System Upgrade today before the end of the
day.  Let's flood his phone lines before the next hurricane floods our
homes. Please call him at 518-474-8390 <(518)%20474-8390>.

We will hold simultaneous vigils at three locations, at Cuomo's office in
Albany and NYC, as well as at the CPV site at 3pm - 5pm today. If you are
near one of these locations please join us.  Please RSVP on our event page
to get updates.
This
is our last opportunity to influence him. Also tweet him @NYGovCuomo or
post on his facebook wall.

Anthony Ingraffea, Robert Howarth, Bill McKibben, Tim DeChristopher, Josh
Fox, Dennis Kucinich, and Susan Sarandon have asked Cuomo to shut down CPV.
Hundreds of environmental and community groups, along with businesses,
farmers, and unions have asked Cuomo to shut it down. 10,000 concerned
citizens have appealed to him and 6000 filed comments with the DEC. Thank
you for this incredible grassroots effort.

We hope Cuomo will listen to your voice as well as the message in the 50
mph winds. But to quote Tim DeChristopher "If Cuomo does not shut down this
plant, we will shut down his career".

Thank you for all your support!

Jamie and Pramilla
http://www.recordonline.com/opinion/20170828/my-view-
cuomo-prove-you-respect-rights-of-all-new-yorkers

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/347983-new-york-
states-final-chance-to-stop-fracking-is

http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Will-Cuomo-
protect-all-New-York-water-11955571.php

[sustainable_tompkins-l] LOL - Love this creative protest against Alt-Right rally

[Irene Weiser]

Turd Reich: San Francisco dog owners lay minefield of poo for rightwing
rally
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/san-francisco-dog-poo-protest-patriot-prayer-rally>
Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom 
Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Several articles of interest today.

[Irene Weiser]

BTW - This is a great free daily newsletter.
-- Forwarded message --
From: "POLITICO New York" 
Date: Aug 18, 2017 10:07 AM
Subject: POLITICO New York Energy: L.I. dumping suit filed — Water woes
headed to court — More on Niagara sewage
To: 
Cc:

By Marie J. French and David Giambusso | 08/18/2017 10:00 AM EDT

*LONG ISLAND DUMPING LAWSUIT FILED — POLITICO New York's Marie J. French: *New
York state filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
over a newly designated dumping site for dredged material in the Long
Island Sound. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed the lawsuit on
Thursday, asking the court to block the establishment of the site because
the EPA's actions were "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or
otherwise not in accordance with law." The dredging site is the third
designated in the Long Island Sound and was moved by the EPA out of New
York's waters and wholly into Connecticut's after New York raised
objections. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued to oppose the dumping site
because of environmental concerns and announced the state would sue in
December. "We will continue to do everything in our power to protect New
York's environment, and with the EPA's unfathomable and destructive
decision to turn the eastern Long Island Sound into a dumping ground - now
is the time for action," Cuomo said in a statement. "We will establish that
this designation not only poses a major threat to a significant commercial
and recreational resource, but that it also undermines New York's
long-standing efforts to end dumping in our treasured waters." New York
will be harmed by the dumping because dredged material could contain
contaminants, the lawsuit argues. Read more here.


*— Newsday's Carl MacGowan:* "The federal plan, crafted with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, calls for storing dredged material in existing sites
off Stamford and New Haven, and adding a new site off New London — all in
Connecticut waters. Connecticut officials have supported the EPA plan." Read
more here.


*WATER WOES HEADED TO COURT — Long Island Herald's Brian Stieglitz: *"In
the wake of the New York Public Service Commission's May 19 approval of New
York American Water's $3.63 million rate increase, an outpouring of
opposition has come from the utility's ratepayers. NYAW is a private
company, and must pay property taxes. But the company passes those taxes on
to its ratepayers. 'I, for one, am tired of being the cash cow for the town
and county and paying bills that are giving American Water record profits,'
said Susan Melnick, of Merrick, who attended an Aug. 2 meeting with the
activist group Long Island Clean Air Water and Soil, at which NYAW
customers discussed ways to fight back against its rising rates. Claudia
Borecky and Dave Denenberg, LICAWS' co-founders, announced at the meeting
that they would take legal action on the grounds that the approved rate
increases would pierce the state property tax cap. They also intend to file
a class action lawsuit against the Town of Hempstead on the grounds that it
is unconstitutional for many town residents who are served by NYAW to pay
property taxes while others, who are municipal customers, do not." Read
more here.


*GOOD FRIDAY MORNING:* Let us know if you have tips, story ideas or life
advice. We're always here at dgiambu...@politico.com and
mfre...@politico.com.

*And if you like this letter*, please tell a friend and/or loved one they
can sign up here.


*AROUND NEW YORK:*

*— The latest release of nearly 3 million gallons of sewage *into the
Niagara River

happened just days after the state directed the municipal authority to hire
an outside consultant to investigate the board's discharge of smelly black
water into the river below the American Falls.

*— The people of Medford are rejoicing today *as two sisters have been
given the go-ahead to fulfill their dream of opening a local Dairy Queen

and bringing great joy to the community.

*— PSEG Long Island is on track* to start work in less than a month

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Special Offer!! Thurs Inconvenient Sequel

[Irene Weiser]

*Be Informed, #BeInconvenient! *
*https://www.facebook.com/events/1492061847539788/*
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1492061847539788/>

*Fossil Free Tompkins *
is grateful to announce this
SPECIAL INVITATION FROM CINEMAPOLIS

Come to Cinemapolis this Thursday Aug 17th
and see Al Gore's
*INCONVENIENT SEQUEL*
for the discount price of $9
https://www.facebook.com/events/1492061847539788/

PLUS
visit with your favorite local environmental/sustainability orgs
that will be tabling in the lobby

*SHOWTIMES*   4:40 PM, 7:00 PM and 9:20 PM

Simply mention *#BeInconvenient Day* at the box office,
and you'll get matinee prices ($9) all evening long.

*PLEASE also thank Brett for making Cinemapolis a*
*truly community oriented organization*

*PLEASE SHARE *
*https://www.facebook.com/events/1492061847539788/*
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1492061847539788/>

*Be Informed, #BeInconvenient! *

*An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power*
<https://www.facebook.com/AnInconvenientTruth/> is the timely and
compelling follow-up to Al Gore's Oscar winning documentary on the perils
of climate change. During Thursday's screenings of film, the lobby and
halls of Cinemapolis will be transformed into an open campus of information
from environmentally-minded organizations in our area.

Audience members are encouraged to seek out new knowledge and share with
each other and organization representatives ways in which they might engage
to be part of a solution.

Participating organizations will include:
• Boxy Bikes <https://www.facebook.com/BoxyBikes/>
• CLEAN - Cayuga Lake Environmental Action Now
<https://www.facebook.com/CayugaLakeEANow/>
• Citizens Climate Lobby - Ithaca, Elmira, Corning, Houghton
<https://www.facebook.com/Citizens-Climate-Lobby-Ithaca-Elmira-Corning-Houghton-494629884004544/>
• Dryden Resource Awareness Council
• Ebike Ithaca <https://www.facebook.com/ebikeithaca/>
• Fossil Free Tompkins <https://www.facebook.com/FossilFreeTompkins/>
• Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming
<https://www.facebook.com/groundswellcenter/>
• Interfaith Climate Action Network
• Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth
<https://www.facebook.com/museumoftheearth/>
• and MORE confirming every day!

Simply mention #BeInconvenient Day at the box office, and you'll get
matinee prices ($9) all evening long.

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] Update on US Solar, International Trade, Trump

[Irene Weiser]

And this

Suniva Solar Tariff Case Could Throttle a Thriving Industry
<http://insideclimatenews.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c733794100bcc7e083a163f0=1e0e69744b=dd13cc39ff>

Two bankrupt solar panel manufacturers are asking the U.S. government for
tariffs on solar panel imports — imports U.S. solar installers rely on. The
result could affect the entire U.S. solar industry. The U.S. International
Trade Commission meets today to hear competing views.

(InsideClimate News)

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Irene Weiser <irene32...@gmail.com> wrote:

> *SOLAR FLARE UPS? *Witnesses step before the International Trade
> Commission this morning for a public hearing
> <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d4692c709385ba6b5309c863f2bac878bec27deb8e6626d09378de41b3dc2c4f08f3fa4e8fa4a256a62a47639d166ff1658>
>  to
> offer their perspectives on whether President Donald Trump should slap
> tariffs on solar imports in a case with massive implications for the
> thriving U.S. industry. Two troubled solar manufacturers - Suniva Inc. and
> SolarWorld Americas - want the commission to declare imports of cheap
> foreign parts from Asia have caused "serious injury" to their domestic
> business. The companies want the U.S. to impose duties on imported
> equipment in order to revive domestic manufacturing facilities - moves they
> claim
> <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d4662e99b6abb77f630a55d8c56a8a4ea6b18111709beab7c1a527fe94f3ce7d8e3b3ea975eb07ed5fedca36595fb314095>
>  would
> create thousands of jobs across the industry. "Despite herculean efforts to
> compete against this onslaught, the imports, which are directly competitive
> with domestic product, have ground the domestic industry down to a mere
> shell of its former self," Suniva argued in its pre-hearing brief
> <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d46e8357de57395ff3c534f6e3abca1f53ab7eaaf1f8d2d83b1a918a84894b5a2e09022cfc865cdfae6261d9c55ee4f5c3f>.
> And Matt Card, an executive vice president for commercial operations with
> the company, plans to say the U.S. will "have no control of its own destiny
> when it comes to power generation from the sun" without tariffs put in
> place.
>
> *Opponents of the petitions *argue the two companies' woes stem from bad
> business calls and that increasing the price of imports would be bad for
> the industry as a whole, a move that risks destroying jobs at companies
> that install solar panels on rooftops or develop utility-scale projects,
> for example. "This is not a case in which the facts support the findings
> necessary to justify imposition of any relief," the Solar Energy Industry
> Association and SunPower Corp. wrote in their own brief
> <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d46ddc8e476477fdd79146e1e6fad7d5f67210e3f3b563ff4d6114bbb7862b94eb63a5227a4b2a7b1d22a5236ad06e58758>.
> Other opponents of the petitions include utilities, union officials,
> bipartisan groups of senators
> <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d46fb294ebd2c58601a0ab69e50daa6ebfeca07814dc78bf9ad0c94efe31a6ce1c572cbba68c2b51832e9c757dbdcbcb2b4>
>  and House members
> <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d4656f1d92e3f5b046ca7d8dc93f657768b12def0cce074647587e80a1059b46dbaeb95ba4d36a1d6b7d093ed7bdc46db35>,
> venture capital groups and conservative organizations like ALEC and the
> Heritage Foundation, among others. State elected officials from Minnesota,
> North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland and Virginia, as well as trade officials
> from South Carolina, Indonesia, the European Union, Brazil Mexico, Canada
> and Taiwan are all expected to testify as well.
>
> *If you go: *The public hearing kicks off today at 9:30 a.m. at the ITC's
> main hearing room at 500 E Street SW. A full list of scheduled witnesses is
> available here
> <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d4692c709385ba6b5309c863f2bac878bec27deb8e6626d09378de41b3dc2c4f08f3fa4e8fa4a256a62a47639d166ff1658>
> .
>
> *What happens afterward? *If the four-member commission ties or votes in
> favor of the petition, it will hold another public hearing on what to do
> about the injury to U.S. companies. The final call about what to do would
> then be left to Trump where it's not clear how the ever-unpredictable White
> House might handle the matter given the administration's highly-publicized
> efforts to protect U.S. manufacturing jobs. A vote against the petition by
> the ITC would kill the effort.
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-685

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Update on US Solar, International Trade, Trump

[Irene Weiser]

*SOLAR FLARE UPS? *Witnesses step before the International Trade Commission
this morning for a public hearing
<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d4692c709385ba6b5309c863f2bac878bec27deb8e6626d09378de41b3dc2c4f08f3fa4e8fa4a256a62a47639d166ff1658>
to
offer their perspectives on whether President Donald Trump should slap
tariffs on solar imports in a case with massive implications for the
thriving U.S. industry. Two troubled solar manufacturers - Suniva Inc. and
SolarWorld Americas - want the commission to declare imports of cheap
foreign parts from Asia have caused "serious injury" to their domestic
business. The companies want the U.S. to impose duties on imported
equipment in order to revive domestic manufacturing facilities - moves they
claim
<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d4662e99b6abb77f630a55d8c56a8a4ea6b18111709beab7c1a527fe94f3ce7d8e3b3ea975eb07ed5fedca36595fb314095>
would
create thousands of jobs across the industry. "Despite herculean efforts to
compete against this onslaught, the imports, which are directly competitive
with domestic product, have ground the domestic industry down to a mere
shell of its former self," Suniva argued in its pre-hearing brief
<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d46e8357de57395ff3c534f6e3abca1f53ab7eaaf1f8d2d83b1a918a84894b5a2e09022cfc865cdfae6261d9c55ee4f5c3f>.
And Matt Card, an executive vice president for commercial operations with
the company, plans to say the U.S. will "have no control of its own destiny
when it comes to power generation from the sun" without tariffs put in
place.

*Opponents of the petitions *argue the two companies' woes stem from bad
business calls and that increasing the price of imports would be bad for
the industry as a whole, a move that risks destroying jobs at companies
that install solar panels on rooftops or develop utility-scale projects,
for example. "This is not a case in which the facts support the findings
necessary to justify imposition of any relief," the Solar Energy Industry
Association and SunPower Corp. wrote in their own brief
<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d46ddc8e476477fdd79146e1e6fad7d5f67210e3f3b563ff4d6114bbb7862b94eb63a5227a4b2a7b1d22a5236ad06e58758>.
Other opponents of the petitions include utilities, union officials,
bipartisan groups of senators
<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d46fb294ebd2c58601a0ab69e50daa6ebfeca07814dc78bf9ad0c94efe31a6ce1c572cbba68c2b51832e9c757dbdcbcb2b4>
 and House members
<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d4656f1d92e3f5b046ca7d8dc93f657768b12def0cce074647587e80a1059b46dbaeb95ba4d36a1d6b7d093ed7bdc46db35>,
venture capital groups and conservative organizations like ALEC and the
Heritage Foundation, among others. State elected officials from Minnesota,
North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland and Virginia, as well as trade officials
from South Carolina, Indonesia, the European Union, Brazil Mexico, Canada
and Taiwan are all expected to testify as well.

*If you go: *The public hearing kicks off today at 9:30 a.m. at the ITC's
main hearing room at 500 E Street SW. A full list of scheduled witnesses is
available here
<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=bb23114a2eec4d4692c709385ba6b5309c863f2bac878bec27deb8e6626d09378de41b3dc2c4f08f3fa4e8fa4a256a62a47639d166ff1658>
.

*What happens afterward? *If the four-member commission ties or votes in
favor of the petition, it will hold another public hearing on what to do
about the injury to U.S. companies. The final call about what to do would
then be left to Trump where it's not clear how the ever-unpredictable White
House might handle the matter given the administration's highly-publicized
efforts to protect U.S. manufacturing jobs. A vote against the petition by
the ITC would kill the effort.
Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Inconvenient Sequel playing at Cinemapolis

[Irene Weiser]

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Laurie Konwinski <lkonwin...@dor.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:19 PM
Subject: Inconvenient Sequel playing at Cinemapolis
To: Interfaith Climate Justice E List <
ith-interfaith-climate-justic...@cornell.edu>


Vice president Al Gore's follow up documentary "An Inconvenient Sequel:
Truth to Power" on the effects of climate change and the public policy
needed to address it is now playing at Cinemapolis, the downtown movie
theater.  Please plan to attend and encourage other members of your
congregation to go too.

Show times are:

Fri 8/11/2017 *4:40PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515430>  *7:00PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515431>  *9:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515432>
Sat 8/12/2017 *2:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515453>  *4:40PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515433>  *7:00PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515434>  *9:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515452>
Sun 8/13/2017 *2:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515454>  *4:40PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515435>  *7:00PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515436>  *9:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515437>
Mon 8/14/2017 *4:40PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515438>  *7:00PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515439>  *9:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515440>
Tue 8/15/2017 *4:40PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515441>  *7:00PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515442>  *9:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515443>
Wed 8/16/2017 *4:40PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515444>  *7:00PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515445>  *9:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515446>
Thu 8/17/2017 *11:20AM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515450>
<https://cinemapolis.org/event/cry-baby-cinema-cinemapolis/>  *2:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515451>  *4:40PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515449>  *7:00PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515447>  *9:20PM*
<http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/cinemapolis/purchase?s=25515448>

See the movie trailer here: http://movies.eventful.com/an-
inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power-/M0-001-96374-4/trailers




*LOVE will always trump fear.*

Laurie Konwinski
Deputy Director and
Coordinator, Tompkins County Justice & Peace Ministry
Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga
324 West Buffalo Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
PH (607) 272-5062 ext. 12 <(607)%20272-5062>
FX (607) 272-4427
EM lkonwin...@dor.org

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Dryden solar -- Critical Planning Bd. meeting Thursday!

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Martha Robertson 
Date: Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:04 AM
Subject: Dryden solar -- Critical Planning Bd. meeting Thursday!
To:


Dear friend,
As you probably know, last week the Dryden Town Board *unanimously*
approved the environmental review (SEQR) for the Distributed Sun solar
projects in Dryden. The next step is up to the Planning Board, which meets
this Thursday.

But the Planning Board has signaled that it will delay. The agenda only
says "discuss the path forward," when they have the information they need
to VOTE. This unelected board can kill the project - and could even put the
Town at risk of a lawsuit, which taxpayers would have to pay for.

They meet THIS THURSDAY, July 27, 7:00, Dryden Town Hall. IF YOU CAN
POSSIBLY COME, PLEASE DO! It's a simple but critical message: Ask the
Planning Bd. to do their job WITHOUT DELAY! It's best if you can attend,
but if you can't, please write to plann...@dryden.ny.us and ask that your
comments be shared with the full Planning Board.

*Thank you!*

*Planning Board members are: *Marty Moseley, Chairman, Tom Hatfield, John
Kiefer, Martin Hatch, Craig Anderson, Joe Wilson, and David Weinstein.

THE PUBLIC WANTS DRYDEN SOLAR! The following summary of the opinions
expressed in letters and on petitions to the Town was compiled by Marty
Hatch. No attempt was made to include the sentiments expressed by speakers
at the various meetings.

*Ellis Tract (West side) - 288 opinions stated*

Opinions from Dryden residents in support of project:  68% (108 of 159)
Opinions from Dryden residents against project:  32% (51 of 159)

Opinions in support of project:  81% (233 of 288)
Opinions against project:  19% (55 of 288)


*2150 Dryden Road** (East side) - 336 opinions stated*

Opinions from Dryden residents in support of project:  59% (108  of 184)
Opinions from Dryden residents against project:  41% (76 of 184)

Opinions in support of project:  70% (233 of 336)
Opinions against project:  30% (103 of 336)

We are ALL affected by climate change. We ALL have a stake in this
decision. Please add your voice, so that Dryden can lead!

Thank you,
Martha


Martha Robertson
(607) 592-3119 cell

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Monday 6:30 From the Ashes

[Irene Weiser]

Please join us for this important discussion about the Cayuga Power Plant
60 yrs old, 2 fires, mercury spills, 25 million gallons of coal ash
leachate into the lake each year -
Time to STOP this zombie power plant from operating!

*​Join Fossil Free Tompkins on JULY 24th, 6:30pm  @ The Space at Greenstar*
to view the film *From the Ashes* <https://www.fromtheashesfilm.com/> - and
then discuss what we do about the dangerous, toxic, polluting, fossil-fuel
relic on Cayuga's shores...


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Irene Weiser <irene32...@gmail.com> wrote:

> For 4 months last summer the Cayuga Power Plant released mercury into
> Cayuga Lake at levels that markedly exceeded their permitting limits - in
> April by 800% and in September by 2000% 
>
> What's happening this summer?  Good question.
>
>
> *​​Join Fossil Free Tompkins on JULY 24th, 6:30pm  @ The Space at
> Greenstar*
> to view the film *From the Ashes* <https://www.fromtheashesfilm.com/> -
> and then discuss what we do about the dangerous, toxic, polluting,
> fossil-fuel relic on Cayuga's shores...
>
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Monday 6:30 From the Ashes

[Irene Weiser]

Hope you can join us for this important discussion about the Cayuga Power
Plant
60 yrs old, 2 fires, mercury spills, 25 million gallons of coal ash
leachate into the lake each year -
Time to STOP this zombie power plant from operating!


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Irene Weiser <irene32...@gmail.com> wrote:

> For 4 months last summer the Cayuga Power Plant released mercury into
> Cayuga Lake at levels that markedly exceeded their permitting limits - in
> April by 800% and in September by 2000% 
>
> What's happening this summer?  Good question.
>
>
> *Join Fossil Free Tompkins on JULY 24th, 6:30pm  @ The Space at Greenstar*
> to view the film *From the Ashes* <https://www.fromtheashesfilm.com/> -
> and then discuss what we do about the dangerous, toxic, polluting,
> fossil-fuel relic on Cayuga's shores...
>
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Mercury release from Cayuga Power Plant

[Irene Weiser]

For 4 months last summer the Cayuga Power Plant released mercury into
Cayuga Lake at levels that markedly exceeded their permitting limits - in
April by 800% and in September by 2000% 

What's happening this summer?  Good question.


*Join Fossil Free Tompkins on JULY 24th, 6:30pm  @ The Space at Greenstar*
to view the film *From the Ashes* <https://www.fromtheashesfilm.com/> - and
then discuss what we do about the dangerous, toxic, polluting, fossil-fuel
relic on Cayuga's shores...


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] This could be v. bad for solar

[Irene Weiser]

it constitutes "serious injury" to an industry. This bar is
higher than the "material injury" that forms the basis of most actions by
the ITC.

Material injury, for example, was the occasion for anti-dumping tariffs
that were imposed on Chinese and Taiwanese solar makers in 2012.

Material injury cases have to result in a finding from the ITC that the
imports were unfair. Serious injury cases don't have to meet that bar of
unfairness but must establish that the imports were a "substantial cause"
of injury.

In reality, the difference between "serious injury" and "material injury"
can be hard to parse, said John Herrmann, a trade lawyer who worked on
trade and energy issues on the National Security Council under President
George W. Bush.

"The ITC will interpret it as a higher standard than in an ordinary case,"
he said.

The differences in what happens next, however, is clear. Ordinary cases
before the ITC are decided in alternating phases by the ITC and the
Commerce Department.

But Section 201 cases go directly to the president, in collaboration with
the U.S. trade representative. The president may endorse the ITC's
recommendations, do something else entirely or do nothing. "At these stages
those remedies become very political," Herrmann said.

The ITC is required to make its finding within 150 days and must send its
recommendation to the president within 180 days. That would put Suniva's
petition on Trump's desk by late October.

The solar industry will have chances to weigh in through written statements
and hearings.

The ITC is by law a bipartisan body, made up of three Democrats and three
Republicans who serve nine-year terms, nominated by the president and
confirmed by the Senate.

If a seat is vacated by a member of one party, it must be filled by a
member of the same party. That's how it came to be that President Obama
ended up putting three Republicans on the commission.

In theory, Trump could name three commissioners to the ITC by next month.

Currently, one Republican seat is vacant; one commissioner, Democrat Irving
Williamson, is serving beyond the end of his term for want of a
replacement, and another, Republican Meredith Broadbent, has a term ending
next month but is expected to stay on.

Trump, however, has been slow to fill much more senior positions in the
government and has not nominated anyone to the ITC.

The ITC's design, meant to resist political pressure, has worked more or
less as intended, Herrmann said. "In many cases they don't take
particularly kindly to being pressured to arrive at a certain conclusion,"
Herrmann said.

Hopper, the president of the SEIA, said the industry isn't yet clear where
it stands on the Suniva issue. "We are figuring out what fighting this
means," she said.

A tweet by the SEIA on Thursday, however, might provide a preview.
"Suniva's trade petition is a blunt instrument that can damage the #solar
industry w/o helping Suniva," it said.

Asked about the prospect of Trump raising tariffs that could alter the face
of solar, she referenced the solar panels that Obama had installed at the
White House early in his second term.

"Donald Trump decided to leave solar panels on the White House," Hopper
said. "So that's a good sign."


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] July 24 From the Ashes - Cayuga Coal Plant

[Irene Weiser]

Buried in the news that Cayuga plans to add 18 MW solar to their property
is the alarming news that they also plan to keep burning coal as long as it
is economically feasible, and then they plan to convert to burn fracked gas.

We all understand the harms of fracking - but we've seemed oddly complacent
about the existence of an operating coal plant on Cayuga's shores.

*Join Fossil Free Tompkins on Monday July 24th, 6:30pm at Greenstar's The
Space for a showing of the new documentary From the Ashes
<https://www.fromtheashesfilm.com/>*.

Following the film will be *discussion about the harms the plant is causing
to our lake* - and planning for what we can do about it!


https://www.fromtheashesfilm.com/


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Agenda for the NYSEG public meeting regarding Smart Meters on Tuesday, July 11th

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Charleen Heidt" 
Date: Jul 1, 2017 10:34 AM
Subject: Agenda for the NYSEG public meeting regarding Smart Meters on
Tuesday, July 11th
To: "Heidt, Charleen" 
Cc:

The meeting will be held in the Borg Warner Room of the Tompkins County
Public Library on Tuesday, July 11th from 6 – 8:30 PM. The agenda is as
follows:


6:10 - 6:20:  What Does a Smart Meter Enable?

Customer Data Security and Smart Grid Security

Radio Frequency (RF) Health Research and Standards


6:20 - 6:30: Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Systems Operations


6:30 - 6:40: AMI End-to-End Security


6:40 - 7:20: Panel Q


7:20 - 8:30: Individual Presenter Q & A

We hope you'll join us and get your technical questions answered.
Installation of Smart Meters are scheduled to begin the week of July 10th.

Please forward this email to anyone who you think might be interested.


Regards,

Charleen Heidt

Community Outreach Coordinator

Energy Smart Community

Ithaca, NY 14850

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] VICTORY! NY legislators vote overwhelmingly for bill to protect Hudson from oil barges

[Irene Weiser]

Nice to send good news for once!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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From: Jeremy Cherson <jcher...@riverkeeper.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:04 AM
Subject: [UAFF] VICTORY! NY legislators vote overwhelmingly for bill to
protect Hudson from oil barges
To: fossilfre...@googlegroups.com


A big victory. Scenic Hudson, citizens and many others were instrumental in
making this happen.

06.22.17 :: CATEGORIES: CRUDE OIL TRANSPORT
<https://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/preserve-river-ecology/oil-transport/>.
NEWS TYPES: PRESS RELEASES
<https://www.riverkeeper.org/?news_type=press-releases>.
NY legislators vote overwhelmingly for bill to protect Hudson from oil
barges

*Contact:* Leah Rae, Riverkeeper Media Specialist
l...@riverkeeper.org, 914-478-4501, ext. 238 <(914)%20478-4501>

OSSINING — Last night, a bill to give the state additional say over Hudson
River anchorage locations overwhelmingly passed the New York State Senate
and will be heading to the Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk for approval.

The Senate joined the Assembly and passed legislation
<https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s5197/amendment/b> that
better enables the state to protect the Hudson and waterfront communities
from dangerous new oil tanker and barge anchorages. The bill, passed by a
vote of 93-2 in the Assembly and 62-1 in the Senate, comes in the wake of
an industry request to the U.S. Coast Guard for 10 new anchorage grounds –
2,400-acres with space for 43 vessels – an unnecessary and drastic proposal
intended to support the global oil trade.

This legislation allows the state to develop specific conditions and rules
under which petroleum bearing vessels may enter or move upon the navigable
waters of the Hudson River.

“This legislation gives the Hudson River, and all who care about it, new
momentum in the fight against current attempts to expand the industrial use
of the river, particularly for crude oil transport,” *Riverkeeper President
Paul Gallay* said. “The public has spoken loudly, clearly and repeatedly:
we don’t need these anchorages and they pose unacceptable risks. And our
elected officials are listening and taking action.

“This is how it’s supposed to work. Our legislators saw the will of the
people and voted overwhelmingly for this bill. The bipartisan vote in both
houses sends a clear message, and we trust that Governor Cuomo will follow
through.”

Riverkeeper urges Governor Cuomo to sign the legislation expeditiously and
direct the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to begin
implementation of the law, before the industry’s proposal moves forward.

The legislation does not put an end to the industry’s request for new
anchorages. The Coast Guard is reviewing more than 10,000 public comments –
an unprecedented response that was overwhelmingly opposed to the plan –
that were filed last year. Riverkeeper, its partners, and communities up
and down the river must remain vigilant to prevent this plan from moving
forward.

###

*Riverkeeper is a member-supported watchdog organization dedicated to
defending the Hudson River and its tributaries and protecting the drinking
water supply of nine million New York City and Hudson Valley residents.
For more than 50 years, Riverkeeper has helped to establish globally
recognized standards for waterway and watershed protection and serves as
the model for the growing Waterkeeper movement that includes more than 300
Keeper programs around the globe. Visit us at riverkeeper.org
<http://riverkeeper.org>.*
Jeremy Cherson
Campaign Advocacy Coordinator
Riverkeeper
20 Secor Rd. Ossining, NY
C: 770.630.6790 <(770)%20630-6790> W. 914.478.4501 x.257 <(914)%20478-4501>
jcher...@riverkeeper.org



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] What About Hydropower For Tompkins?

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http://www.ithaca.com/opinion/guest_opinions/what-about-hydropower-for-tompkins/article_6f183d3c-56c9-11e7-ad98-0bc5ccf2cbcf.html?utm_medium=social_source=email_campaign=user-share

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Tompkins County Housing Strategy draft document now online; heading to committee meeting of the Legislature on June 20th at 4 PM

[Irene Weiser]

Important issue - important meeting.  Make your voice heard!


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From: "Martha Robertson" <martha.o.robert...@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 15, 2017 10:26 PM
Subject: Fwd: Tompkins County Housing Strategy draft document now online;
heading to committee meeting of the Legislature on June 20th at 4 PM
To: "Martha Armstrong" <mart...@tcad.org>, "Nels Bohn" <
nb...@cityofithaca.org>, "Laura Branca" <tfcbra...@aol.com>, "J.R.
Clairborne" <advoc...@loaves.org>, "Sue Cosentini" <coznewea...@gmail.com>,
"Janet Cotraccia" <jcotrac...@cftompkins.org>, "Kirby Edmonds" <
tfcki...@aol.com>, "Gary Ferguson" <g...@downtownithaca.com>, "Bill
Goodman" <bgood...@town.ithaca.ny.us>, "Rod Howe" <rl...@cornell.edu>,
"Norma Jayne" <no...@ithacarealtors.com>, "Ed Marx" <em...@tompkins-co.org>,
"Paul Mazzarella" <pmazzare...@ithacanhs.org>, "Megan McDonald" <
mmcdon...@tompkins-co.org>, "Kathy Schlather" <kschlat...@hsctc.org>,
"Jennifer Tavares" <jtava...@tompkinschamber.org>, "Jeremy Thomas" <
jt...@cornell.edu>, "Irene Weiser" <irene32...@gmail.com>, "Karen Baer" <
kb...@tompkins-co.org>, "JoAnn Cornish" <jcorn...@cityofithaca.org>,
"Schelley Michell-Nunn" <smichell-n...@cityofithaca.org>, "Marcia Lynch" <
mly...@tompkins-co.org>, "Joe Bowes" <jbo...@ithacanhs.org>, "Lindsay Hart"
<lindsayhartreal...@gmail.com>, "Michael Cannon work" <
mcan...@tompkinsfinancial.com>, "Todd Fox" <todds...@gmail.com>, "Rob
Steuteville" <r...@newurbannews.com>
Cc:

Folks -

The draft Housing Strategy is now online and a review meeting is set for
next Tuesday. Please see below for meeting details and the link to the
draft strategy.
Thanks -
Martha


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Subject: Tompkins County Housing Strategy draft document now online;
heading to committee meeting of the Legislature on June 20th at 4 PM
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:09:24 +
From: Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability
<plann...@tompkins-co.org> <plann...@tompkins-co.org>
Reply-To: Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability
<plann...@tompkins-co.org> <plann...@tompkins-co.org>
To: martha.o.robert...@gmail.com

Draft Tompkins County Housing Strategy Document Online
*Tompkins County Legislature's Planning, Development and Environmental
Quality Committee will review draft Strategy on June 20, 2017*

With input from throughout the community, the previous outline form of the
new Tompkins County Housing Strategy has been developed into a draft
document and is available here
<http://tompkinscountyny.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0957ca9f883a60cedfa7a304a=3f7dcd6a23=84e3817b48>
.

The Tompkins County Legislature's Planning, Development and Environmental
Quality (PDEQ) Committee will be reviewing the draft at its Tuesday, June
20, 2017 meeting
<http://tompkinscountyny.us15.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=0957ca9f883a60cedfa7a304a=be7fa16a90=84e3817b48>
at 4:00 PM in the Tompkins County Legislature Chambers at 121 E. Court
Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (2nd floor). Once approved by the committee, the
Strategy will ultimately go to the full Legislature, most likely at one of
its July meetings.

Thank you to all who contributed thoughts and comments to improve the
Strategy. Please note that the PDEQ Committee and Legislature meetings are
open to the public.

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Living Wage - Rally and Speak out!

[Irene Weiser]

Hi All
Please mark you calendars for MON JUNE 19th 4pm
Rally outside County Leg Building (120 E Court St)
Followed by public comments at Health and Human Services Cmte 4:30

I'm sure there will be fancier announcements to follow from Workers Center
- but I just got the call and thought everyone would want to save the date
NOW!!


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] The Good Link

[Irene Weiser]

HI All
Some of you may have heard that Gov. Cuomo has proposed a "natural" gas
powered microgrid at the Capital Plaza - the heart of Albany.  The new gas
power plant would be located in an already impacted Environmental Justice
community.
This proposal is EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG with NYS  Energy policy - We
should not be building out more gas plants, should not be contributing to
more fracking and more use of fossil fuels and we need to restore impacted
communities and make them whole, not add new impacts in their backyard!
PLEASE consider joining the new statewide coalition led by Sane Energy
Project - that will fight this development and use it as a springboard to
highlight all that is wrong with the Governor's energy policies.
Fill in the webform below to join.  Please share among allies  - let's get
the word out and fight this!!!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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Date: Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 12:19 PM
Subject: [UAFF] The Good Link
To: fossilfre...@googlegroups.com


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Governor Cuomo announced plans in May 2017 to construct a new mini-power
grid that will be connected to the statewide grid, and also be able to
operate independently, to power the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire
State Plaza in Albany. This project will be run on fracked gas. This is
unacceptable. This is not safe, healthy or sane energy.

The Empire State Plaza must be run on 100% Renewable Generation and
Retrofitted for Building Efficiency. If Governor Cuomo wants to be a
climate leader he must walk the walk.

I would like to join a task force with climate activists in New York to
prevent Empire State Plaza from being run on gas generation.


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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Dominion Compressor Station - Next Steps

[Irene Weiser]

*Community Meeting, June 5, 7-9pm, Varna Fire Hall - Please share widely!*

*​Thanks to local leadership from Mother's Out Front, grassroots response
from all of you and action by the Dryden Town Board, the expansion of the
Dominion Pipeline Borger Compressor Station has been delayed
.!!
The Town of Dryden is actively pursuing enforcement of the Special Use
Permit (SUP) process, which will require Dominion Energy to comply with
local zoning law.*

*Help keep the momentum going by participating in a Community Discussion &
Planning Meeting hosted by Mothers Out Front on June 5th from 7-9 pm at the
Varna Fire Hall.  Our goal is to identify and prioritize action items the
community can implement​.*

*For more information and/or to join Mothers Out Front  click here​
.*

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] Big news at Seneca Lake today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Irene Weiser]

CRESTWOOD DROPS PLANS FOR GAS STORAGE

WE ARE SENECA LAKE!!


Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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From: Lisa Marshall <lisa.marsh...@mothersoutfront.org>
Date: Wed, May 10, 2017 at 5:42 PM
Subject: [UAFF] Big news at Seneca Lake today!
To: "<fossilfre...@googlegroups.com>" <fossilfre...@googlegroups.com>


http://www.stargazette.com/story/news/2017/05/10/
crestwood-drops-seneca-lake-natural-gas-storage-plans/316228001/



-- 
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Community Organizer
Mothers Out Front NY
http://www.mothersoutfront.org/
Cell: (850) 291-5259
Home: (607) 739-9274
"
*Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength
that will endure as long as life lasts." - Rachel Carson*

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Fwd: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Local Building Energy System Study on Heat Pump Technologies

[Irene Weiser]

Further evidence that heat pumps are viable NOW!
Note that the financial info in this report does not include state and
federal incentives - making heat pumps even more cost effective than the
report indicates!



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From: Sandra J. Repp 
Date: Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:33 AM
Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Local Building Energy System Study on
Heat Pump Technologies
To: SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L 
Cc: Kenneth Schlather 


A new local building energy system study conducted by Taitem Engineering,
PC considered the potential energy savings and cost-effectiveness of heat
pump technologies compared to a conventional furnace system for two
representative new home types in Tompkins County: namely a townhouse  and a
custom/  luxury  house.  The  technologies  evaluated  consist of
condensing  gas furnace and central air conditioner, condensing propane
furnace and central air conditioner, air source heat pump system (ASHP) and
ground-source heat pump system (GSHP)



Results show that the energy cost of heat pumps is slightly lower than
natural gas and significantly lower than propane. The full report is
available as a 34-page pdf on the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County website, here:

http://ccetompkins.org/resources/representative-building-energy-study-in-
tompkins-county



*Please direct any questions or comments to the authors of the report,
thank you.*

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] ¡¡ MAYDAYMAYDAY The Millennium, Spectra, Dominion Expansions, Nuke Bailouts and Frack Waste Dumps needs your help today.

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Kim Fraczek 
Date: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:34 PM



*Hey good friends,*

*It’s all connected! This is long, please stick with it, you know I don’t
send long emails often, and this is deeply important. So many of us are
under attack and needing action before May Day (May 1). I broke it down in
5 EASY Points. The emails have been nuts! I know many of you are getting
ready for the PCM, but please take the time to read and do. Our lives are
on the line.*


*1. Millennium Expansion:* We all remember the tragedy that the good people
from Minisink, NY endured with the compressor station.
Pramilla, Asha, Tom, the Baum family among so many others living right
across the street from it taught us a lot about compressor stations
 in the great scheme of
the fracking infrastructure battle while many did not understand fracking
past just the drilling. This was just one first part of the big pie that
Millennium pipeline company has on its eyes on for private profit. We’ve
heard Pramilla say for years that this is about the Power Plants, “Pay
attention to the power plants!" and now her group and others are fighting
the corrupt, polluting CPV (Competitive Power Ventures/Vultures) Power
Plant just down the street from Minisink. Now Millennium is planning more
compressors and lateral and loop pipelines that feed into Millennium right
in the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan Co. and more historic farmland in
Orange Co. which connects into the Spectra Algonquin Network at the Ramapo
Compressor Station.
*There is a DEADLINE of May 1st* coming up to HALT a crucial compressor
station called Highland, located right HERE

<
direct link on the You Are Here

interactive,
fracking infrastructure map to explore.
Please scroll below my 5 points to the newsletter from the local community
group SCRAM (Sullivan Co Residents Against Millennium) who worked with our
friends at Delaware Riverkeeper Network to make an easy-to-submit comment
generator. *It’s so super easy, and this community really needs ACTION!
Tell the DEC to HALT construction on CPV.*



*2. Spectra Expansion:* Yep, that one that is going 105 feet away from the
Indian Point Nuke Plant, the second leg of this illegally segmented
expansion needs more permits. WE SAY NO! *There is a DEADLINE of May 2nd*
to HALT the Spectra Atlantic Bridge Pipeline. We’ve put together this
letter generator

to
EASILY send letters to Michael Higgins at the DEC to deny 3 permits Spectra
Energy needs to carry on with their deadly pipeline share with your friends
in this easy to remember link:* tinyurl.com/WriteLetterStopSpectra
*



*3.** Dominion Expansion:* From Lisa Marshall at Mothers Out Front: We are
asking for your support at an upcoming meeting with Dominion. 1 May,
7-9:30pm Varna Community Association 943 Dryden Road, Ithaca
Dryden Town Supervisor, Jason Leifer, will moderate a public information
meeting offered by Dominion Energy on the evening of 1 May, about the
expansion of the Borger station gas compressor on Ellis Hollow Creek Road..
There will be Q open to the public after the Dominion presentation. It
would be great if you would put this event on your calendar AND help spread
the word via email, listservs, or Facebook (please share the FB event

 and follow Mothers Out Front - Finger Lakes
).
If
you can't make this meeting, please consider signing this petition

-
let your voice be heard!



*4. The Nuclear Bailout:* From Andra Leimanis at Alliance for a Green
Economy (AGREE): HUGELY important Assembly hearing scheduled for *Monday
May 1 at 10 AM in Albany*. http://assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload/
publichearing/20170424.pdf  This hearing will examine specifics of the
Clean Energy Standard. The chairs of four Assembly Standing Committees
(Corporations, Authorities and Commissions; Consumer Affairs and

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] NYTimes: Trump Is Expected to Sign Orders That Could Expand Access to Fossil Fuels

[Irene Weiser]

well - obviously that was a mistake -
OTOH - anyone who wants to join for vigil or coffee is welcome!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Irene Weiser <irene32...@gmail.com> wrote:

> ugh.  thanks, regi... well, sorta :)
>
> Say I totally dropped the ball on the vigil and  us getting together
> for coffee..  Remind me when do you hold vigil?
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Regi Teasley <rltcay...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Trump's policies continue up to jeopardize our biosphere.  Local action
>> is more important than ever, imho.
>>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/us/politics/national-monu
>> ments-energy-drilling.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad=nytcore-ipad-share
>>
>> The moves to expand offshore drilling and roll back conservation on
>> public lands would begin to fulfill a campaign promise to create thousands
>> of jobs in energy.
>>
>> Regi
>>
>> "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love
>> everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things."  Dostoyevsky.
>>
>>
>> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area,
>> please visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
>> If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager,
>> Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
>>
>>
>

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Greenstar Enviro Movie Night!! Apr 30@ The Space

[Irene Weiser]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Shira Evergreen

607-319-0461

shiraevergr...@gmail.com

*Five Year Anniversary Screening and Panel Discussion featuring*

*“Empowered: Power from the People” and “Frac Attack: Dawn of the
Watershed”*


ITHACA, N.Y. –  ​On Sunday, April 30th, 2017 at 6:30pm, The Space @

Greenstar will host back-to-back screenings of the environmental zombie
short Frac Attack:

Dawn of the Watershed (18 min) and the feature documentary Empowered: Power
from the

People (1 hr 16 min), which highlights the many ways that Tompkins County
residents have

embraced renewable energy from wind and solar, to geothermal and biodiesel.
The event is

sponsored by Greenstar Cooperative Market and takes place in partnership
with Earth Day

Ithaca and Cornell Cooperative Extension's Go Solar Tompkins program.


The films will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic of
sustainability and how it

intersects with movements for social change like Black Lives Matter and the
fight against the

Dakota Access and Keystone pipelines. Moderated by Shira Evergreen,
Director of both films,

panelists include Don Barber, former Town Supervisor of the Town of
Caroline; Lexie Hain of

Black Oak Wind Farm; Fabina Colon of the Multicultural Resource Center;
Annie Koreman,

candidate for Tompkins County Legislature District 5; Lily Gershon of the
Dacha Project; and

McKenzie Jones.


Frac Attack is a co-production of Shirari Industries and The Dacha Project,
in association with

the Shaleshock Citizens Action Alliance. The campy zombie thriller was made
by over seventy

community members and helped galvanize local activism against the
exploitative drilling of the

Marcellus Shale by multinational corporations. Empowered: Power from the
People is a

co-production of Shirari Industries and Earthwalk Farm and was screened at
numerous

community venues and six environmental film festivals, from Olympia,
Washington to Freiburg,

Germany. Renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben said, “Empowered is a
remarkable

ground-up account of the revolution that’s really starting to alter things
on this earth – and with

any luck this movie will help many more people shake up their communities!”


Shira Evergreen, Director of both films noted “In all movements for social
and environmental

justice, it takes a combination of strategies to create positive change.
The arts, and films

specifically, are powerful tools to reach people at an emotional level, and
it’s our hope that Frac

Attack and Empowered continue to inspire people who might not have
otherwise gotten involved

to start asking questions and taking action.”


This event will provide the community an opportunity to review how far
we've come in the

transition to a renewable energy future and to look ahead to further
collaborative efforts on a

spectrum of fundamental social issues.


The event goes from 6:30-9:30pm. Tickets will be $10 suggested donation and
free for kids.

Refreshments will be available.


###

For photos and more information, contact Shira Evergreen: 607-319-0461 or
shiraevergr...@gmail.com

More about Empowered: www.empoweredthemovie.com

Facebook event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/804743229691999/



Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo thinks we still need gas

[Irene Weiser]

*CUOMO: WE NEED GAS, NOT BAD PIPELINES — The Buffalo News' T.J. Pignataro: *"By
2030, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wants half of New York State's energy to come
from renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. He expects natural
gas to play a big part in bridging the gap as coal and nuclear plants
around the state are decommissioned. But Cuomo, in a meeting Tuesday morning
at The Buffalo News, defended the state Department of Environmental
Conservation's decision last Friday to reject National Fuel's proposed
half-billion Northern Access Pipeline. 'I think in all probability you need
natural gas," Cuomo said. "I don't think you can get from here to there
without using natural gas.' He added: 'The conduit for natural gas then
becomes the question. And pipelines, in general? Fine. As long as they're
done well and they're done correctly.' The DEC concluded the gas supply
company's proposal, which required it to cross more than 190 creeks and
streams over a 97-mile path from Pennsylvania to Erie County, failed to
comply with water quality standards." Read more here.
<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3bb0daa99b603adfc8340f5597c5b4b2c1ab2281496fd617c32ed3f40d992718db663d4d062b9c89a1d3bf39b1846fa1>

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me.*

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Agenda Highlights for the LIFE 2017 Regional Meetings

[Irene Weiser]

Anyone interested in attending this? Let me know - maybe carpool?
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From: "Low-Income Forum on Energy" 
Date: Apr 11, 2017 3:46 PM
Subject: Agenda Highlights for the LIFE 2017 Regional Meetings
To: 
Cc:

To view this email as a web page, click here.
> 
> LIFE 2017 Regional Meetings
> <#m_8595377720410261572_>
>
>
> Preliminary agendas for the LIFE 2017 Regional Meetings have been posted
> online
>
> Each meeting is planned with don’t-miss sessions! Highlights include. . .
>
> May 1 - New York City / Long Island City
> *Updates on Policy and Programs Targeted at Energy Affordability and
> Improving Access to Clean Energy Solutions*
> *Christopher Coll, NYSERDA; Monica Ferreri; NYS Department of Public
> Service; Karen Phillips, NYS Homes and Community Renewal*
>
> May 2 - Long Island / Melville
> *Local Spotlight: Community Development Corporation of Long Island*
> *Maureen Pedrotti, Community Development Corporation of Long Island*
>
> May 10 – Western New York / Buffalo
> *The Fruit Belt Neighborhood Solar REV Demonstration Project*
> *Christopher Coll, NYSERDA; Jon Nickerson, National Grid *
>
> May 11 – Southern Tier / Corning
> *Low-Income Solar and Community Solar*
> *Michelle Andry, NY-Sun; Adam Flint, Southern Tier Solar Works*
>
> May 16 – North Country/Watertown
> *USDA's Opportunities for Low-Income Households in Rural New York: Home
> Repair and Home Purchase Programs*
> *Jennifer Jackson, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development *
>
> May 17 – Hudson Valley / Poughkeepsie
> *Fundraising for Low-Income Clean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities*
> *John Scicchitano, NYSERDA *
>
> May 23 - Capital District / Saratoga Springs
> *Updates on the Home Energy Assistance Program *
> *Andrew Bryk, Center for Employment and Economic Supports, NYS Office of
> Temporary and Disability Assistance*
>
> View the updated LIFE Regional Meeting Preliminary Agendas
> 
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> 
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>
> *Registration Fee: * $45 per attendee and includes continental breakfast
> and lunch, refreshments, and conference materials.
>
> *Early Registration Discount:* Register by April 25 and receive a $10
> discount! Early registration fee is $35 per attendee.
>
> *Group Rate:* A special group rate of $30 per attendee is available for
> organizations registering three or more individuals.
> Exhibitor Opportunities
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> Share your message with the LIFE network at a 2017 Regional Meetings.
>
> Each LIFE Regional Meeting attracts regional representatives from
> utilities, state and local government agencies, non-profits, and private
> organizations. What they have in common is a commitment to helping
> low-income households address their energy needs.
>
> Would your business benefit from reaching our audience or their low-income
> customers? Consider participating as an exhibitor. The exhibitor area will
> be located in or near the meeting room and will be open throughout the
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> The LIFE dialogue encourages an interactive exchange of information and
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> energy consumers. The initiative is supported by the New York State Public
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Fw: CORRECTION: Second Meeting on Regulating Renewables

[Irene Weiser]

Here it is again, with a Date that makes sense!

--
*From:* Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Fw: ANNOUNCEMENT: Second Meeting on Regulating Renewables

[Irene Weiser]

--
*From:* Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Chief Environmental Justice Official at EPA Resigns

[Irene Weiser]

Chief Environmental Justice Official at EPA Resigns, With Plea to Pruitt to
Protect Vulnerable Communities
Mustafa Ali quits after 24 years, as new administrator prepares deep cuts
in programs affecting the poor and minorities.
Phil McKenna 
BY PHIL MCKENNA 
MAR 9, 2017

Mustafa Ali is stepping down from his position as head of the environmental
justice program at the EPA after a 24-year career at the agency. There
appear to be no plans to replace him amid reports that the Trump
administration is targeting deep cuts in EPA's environmental justice and
other efforts. Credit: Wilson Center, Environmental Change and Security
program/flickr

The head of the environmental justice
 program at the
Environmental Protection Agency has stepped down, departing the government
with a lengthy letter

 to Scott Pruitt , the
EPA's new administrator, urging him not to kill the agency's programs.

Mustafa Ali, a senior adviser and assistant associate administrator at the
agency, worked to alleviate the impact of air, water and industrial
pollution on poverty-stricken towns and neighborhoods during nearly a
quarter century with the EPA . He
helped found the environmental justice office, then the environmental
equity office, in 1992, during the presidency of President George H.W. Bush.

Ali leaves the EPA as Pruitt, who took office Feb. 17, prepares to
implement deep cuts in the agency's budget and staff. A Trump
administration proposal would cut the EPA's $8 billion budget by $2 billion
and reduce its roster of 15,000 employees by 20 percent. An internal memo
obtained by multiple news outlets on March 1 called for a complete
dismantling of the office of environmental justice

and
elimination of a number of grant programs that address low-income and
minority communities. A story in the Oregonian reported that funding for
the office would decrease 78 percent, from $6.7 million to $1.5 million

.

Justice issues have become an environmental focal point in recent
years—most recently in the battle to clean up lead-contaminated water in
Flint, Mich., a largely African-American community, and in the fight to
stop the nearly completed Dakota Access pipeline
 just upstream
of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota.

"I think it's going to be one of the major civil rights issues of the 21st
century," said Benjamin Wilson, head of the National Environmental Justice
Conference and chairman of the law firm Beveridge & Diamond. "It's going to
become increasingly not simply local but regional, national and
international in scope."

Ali said he has received no indication that the adviser position or his job
as assistant associate administrator in the agency's Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance will be filled by the Trump administration. EPA
officials declined to comment on the positions.

The EPA made strides during the Obama administration to address
environmental justice concerns, including incorporating equity into
regulatory decision-making,

and
adopting a long-term strategy in its EJ 2020 Action Agenda
.
The agency was, however, heavily criticized for not doing enough

to
address environmental concerns of low-income and minority populations.

Ali said in an interview that he considers the shielding of poor and
minority neighborhoods from the effects of pollution a crucial function of
the EPA, but that the agency's new leaders have not given "any indication
that they are focused or interested in helping those vulnerable
communities. My values and priorities seem to be different than our current
leadership and because of that I feel that it's best if I take my talents
elsewhere."


EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images

Still, in his resignation letter, which was devoid of rancor, Ali urged
former Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt, a longtime opponent of EPA
regulation, to reconsider proposed cuts to environmental 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Today! Quinn Energy: Introducing Your Energy Future, Fri. Mar. 10th 5-7pm

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Adriane Wolfe 
Date: Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 7:13 PM
Subject: Today! Quinn Energy: Introducing Your Energy Future, Fri. Mar.
10th 5-7pm
To: tc-hs...@list.cornell.edu


*Quinn Energy: Introducing Your Energy Future*

Join us *Today on* Friday, March 10th 5 PM – 7 PM, at REV Ithaca
 to learn how Quinn Energy’s analytical services can
help you to achieve your energy goals. Our services are empowered by a
software platform with our models and optimization algorithms. Let us show
you how we use big data to find unique energy stories and can help you
exploit them as opportunities. Network and wine with Quinn Energy and the
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce.

*When:* Friday, March 10th 5 pm - 7 pm
*Where: *Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E. State St., 2nd Floor, Ithaca, NY
14850
*Cost:* FREE
*RSVP: *Please RSVP here

or
walk in welcome.

Quinn Energy is a woman owned start-up celebrating its one year anniversary
and is emerging as a leader in the field. Energy CIO Insights Magazine has
short listed Quinn Energy as one of the “Top 10 Big Data Solution Providers
2017” selecting Quinn Energy in the top 35 out of over 250 companies. Quinn
Energy is a women-owned energy data analytics company based in Ithaca, NY.
More about Quinn Energy on our website  and
from an Ithaca Times article

.

Help us spread the word:
Facebook announcement on our page that can be shared:
https://www.facebook.com/QuinnEnergyLLC/

Twitter tweet that can be shared:
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*Adriane Wolfe*
*Principal and Founder*
*Quinn Energy, LLC*
*(607) 262 - 1527 <(607)%20262-1527>*
*awo...@quinnenergy.com *
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] UPDATE Re: Anti-Semitism Response and Invitation

[Irene Weiser]

Changes below, in Red


On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Irene Weiser <irene32...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All
> I don't know how many of you saw the story in the Ithaca Voice today,
> about anti-Semitic graffiti in a Lansing playground..
> https://ithacavoice.com/2017/03/police-investigate-anti-
> semitic-graffiti-lansing-park/
>
> It was a small incident  - not like the graveyard defacement and tombstone
> tipping in Philly and Rochester - but
> ​still, a troubling​
>  incident.
> And it deserves a response, and must not be met with silence.
>
> So I'm writing to invite all of you in this great community to join in a
> showing of solidarity Friday night
> ​ (tonight)​
> by attending the Sabbath service at Congregation Tikkun v'Or in Lansing.
> Service begins  at 7:30pm.   All are welcome.
>
> *WHAT*   Sabbath Service and showing of solidarity
> *WHEN*  ​To​night​, Friday, March 3​
> ​  ​
> 7:30pm  - 9pm
>
> *WHERE*:  Congregation Tikkun v'Or,  2550 Triphammer Rd, at Burdick Hill
> Rd in Lansing.
>
>
>
> ​Tikkun v'Or is a welcoming community and all may join our Sabbath
service.  Please note that this is worship service,  contemplative and
peaceful, which is what sets Shabbat apart from the rest of the week.  It
is not place for political discussion, although those types of gatherings
can certainly take place other times of the week. People come to Shabbat to
pray, mourn departed loved ones, celebrate traditions, reflect, and perhaps
explore spiritual paths in what is traditionally  a very intimate setting.
We ask that those who join us in solidarity be respectful of this context.
​


Together we are strong
> PLEASE SHARE​.
>
>
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me.*
>

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Anti-Semitism Response and Invitation

[Irene Weiser]

Hi All
I don't know how many of you saw the story in the Ithaca Voice today, about
anti-Semitic graffiti in a Lansing playground..
https://ithacavoice.com/2017/03/police-investigate-anti-semitic-graffiti-lansing-park/

It was a small incident  - not like the graveyard defacement and tombstone
tipping in Philly and Rochester - but it is an incident.
And it deserves a response, and must not be met with silence.

So I'm writing to invite all of you in this great community to join in a
showing of solidarity Friday night by attending the Sabbath service at
Congregation Tikkun v'Or in Lansing. Service begins  at 7:30pm.   All are
welcome.

*WHAT*   Sabbath Service and showing of solidarity
*WHEN*  7:30pm  - 9pm
*WHERE*:  Congregation Tikkun v'Or,  2550 Triphammer Rd, at Burdick Hill Rd
in Lansing.



Together we are strong
PLEASE SHARE​.



Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me.*

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Carol Chock won't seek re-election

[Irene Weiser]

Carol has been a tireless advocate and leading voice on the legislature for
the environment, for vulnerable and marginalized populations, for equity
and social justice.
Thank you Carol, for your dedication and service to ALL people here in
Tompkins County - and for your courage in speaking up time and again for
the things that matter.
These will be BIG shoes to fill - PLEASE help find a solid, progressive
candidate to replace her!

Tompkins Legislator Carol Chock will not seek re-election
POLITICS <https://ithacavoice.com/category/government/politics/>, TOMPKINS
COUNTY <https://ithacavoice.com/category/news/tompkins-county/>, TOP
<https://ithacavoice.com/category/top/>
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
BY JOLENE ALMENDAREZ <https://ithacavoice.com/author/jolene-almendarez/>

ITHACA, N.Y. -- After nearly a decade on the Tompkins County Legislature,
Carol Chock (D-District 3) has announced that she will not seek re-election
to a fourth term in office.

“I am especially proud of the role I've played helping to lead Tompkins
County into the renewable energy future, ensuring social justice, and
preserving the special sense of place for all residents in our fine
community,” Chock said. “This is a dynamic period in our nation's history
for public participation. The democratic process works best when there is
representation from many sectors and spheres of interest.”

County Legislature terms are four years. The current term expires at the
end of 2017. Chock has been approached by interested potential candidates
and says that she is available to talk to anybody who is motivated by a
desire to accomplish something, encourage equity, and raise the level of
public discourse. Her legislative district includes Belle Sherman, Bryant
Park, South Hill, and portions of upper Collegetown and East Hill.

Chock can be reached at (607) 277-0006 for information regarding
responsibilities of the office. Citizens from District 3 who would like to
discuss running for this office on the Democratic line may also contact
Tompkins County Democratic Chair Irene Stein at (607) 266-7579. The
election will be November 7.
Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me.*

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [EIC] Caroline Heat Smart Community Meetings

[Irene Weiser]

*HeatSmart Rides again!  *
*A program for clean heating and cooling i​​s​ back​ ​​!*

​Are you looking for ways to make your home more comfortable while
shrinking
​
your

carbon footprint? Come learn how at one of our HeatSmart community meetings
this winter.
The first ones will be out in Brooktondale and then at LACS!

*February 21st*
* (Tues) — Caroline*Brooktondale Community Center, 524 Valley Road
6:30-8:30pm

Join and share our Facebook event.  
>

*February 25th*
*  (Sat) – Town of Ithaca*Lehman Alternative Community School (LACS), 111
Chestnut Street, Ithaca 14850.   10am-12pm



HeatSmart is a program of the local nonprofit Solar Tompkins.
It works to help homeowners sort through their options for curbing
their homes’ energy appetites through air sealing, insulation, and
high-efficiency heat pumps.

Heat pumps use electricity to move heat from one place to another.
They can be used for heating in the winter and cooling in the summer.
At the meeting, HeatSmart program director Jonathan Comstock will explain
the technology and answer questions.

Representatives of the program’s three vetted installers –
Halco, NP Environmental, and Snug Planet – will also be there.
The meeting is free and there is no obligation whatsoever.

If you can’t make it to these meetings, you are welcome to attend one
in another community. Visit http://www. solartompkins.org/community-
meetings.html 
for the full schedule and more information about the program.

-- 

Jonathan Comstock, program director
jonat...@solartompkins.org
tel 607-351-1752
HeatSmart Tompkins — A Project of Solar Tompkins


HeatSmart Tompkins — A Project of Solar Tompkins
HeatSmart Tompkins, a project of Solar Tompkins, advocates all practical
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: MONDAY MORNING: Emergency Protest Action @ Ithaca College!

[Irene Weiser]

--> Please forward! What We Do @ TCWC

/Donate

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Dear Friend:
Can you come to our emergency community/labor informational picket
supporting Ithaca College's Contingent Professors THIS COMING MONDAY,
February 20th, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in front of the Ithaca College entrance
on Danby Road/Route 96B?

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Yup! All Together Now - monbiot.com

[Irene Weiser]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "George Monbiot" 
Date: Feb 10, 2017 2:55 AM
Subject: All Together Now - monbiot.com
To: 
Cc:

All Together Now - monbiot.com 
> --
>
> All Together Now 
>
> Posted: 09 Feb 2017 02:16 AM PST
>
> This is how to stop demagogues and extremists: rebuild community.
>
> By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th February 2017
>
> Without community, politics is dead. But communities have been scattered
> like dust in the wind. At work, at home, both practically and
> imaginatively, we are atomised.
>
> Politics, as a result, is experienced by many people as an external force,
> dull and irrelevant at best, oppressive and frightening at worst. It is
> handed down from above rather than developed from below. There are
> exceptions – the Sanders and Corbyn campaigns for example – but even they
> seemed shallowly rooted by comparison to the deep foundations of solidarity
> that movements grew from in the past, and may disperse as quickly as they
> gather.
>
> It is in the powder of shattered communities that anti-politics swirls,
> raising towering dust devils of demagoguery and extremism. These tornadoes
> threaten to tear down whatever social structures still stand.
>
> When people are atomised and afraid, they feel driven to defend their own
> interests against other people’s. In other words, they are pushed away from
> intrinsic values such as empathy, connectedness and kindness, and towards
> extrinsic values
> 
> such as power, fame and status. The problem created by the politics of
> extreme individualism is self-perpetuating.
>
> Conversely, a political model based only on state provision can leave
> people dependent, isolated and highly vulnerable to cuts. The welfare state
> remains essential: it has relieved levels of want and squalor that many
> people now find hard to imagine. But it can also, inadvertently, erode
> community, sorting people into silos to deliver isolated services,
> weakening their ties to society.
>
> This is the third in my occasional series
> 
> on possible solutions
> 
> to the many crises we face. It explores the ways in which we could restore
> political life by restoring community life. This doesn’t mean ditching
> state provision, but complementing it with something that belongs neither
> to government nor to the market, but exists in a different sphere, a sphere
> we have neglected.
>
> There are hundreds of colourful examples of how this might begin, such as
> community shops, development trusts , food
> assemblies , community choirs, free
> universities , time banking
> , Transition Towns
> , potluck lunch clubs, local currencies, men’s
> sheds  (in which older men swap skills and make
> new friends), turning streets into temporary playgrounds (like the Playing
> Out  project), secular services (such as Sunday
> Assembly ), lantern festivals, fun
> palaces  and technology hubs
> .
>
> Turning such initiatives into a wider social revival means creating what
> practitioners call “thick networks”: projects that proliferate, spawning
> further ventures and ideas that weren’t envisaged when they started. They
> then begin to develop a dense participatory culture that becomes attractive
> and relevant to everyone, rather than mostly to socially active people with
> time on their hands.
>
> A study commissioned by the London borough of Lambeth sought to identify
>  how
> these thick networks are most likely to develop. The process typically
> begins with projects that are “lean and live”: they start with very little
> money, and evolve rapidly through trial and error. They are developed not
> by community heroes working alone, but by collaborations between local
> people. These projects create opportunities for “micro-participation”:
> people can dip in and out of them without much commitment.
>
> When enough of such projects have been launched, they catalyse a deeper
> involvement, generating community businesses, co-operatives and hybrid
> ventures, which start employing people and generating income. A tipping
> point is reached when 10 to 15% of local residents are engaging regularly.
> Community then begins to gel, 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [UAFF] last chance to stop Dominion New Market from starting construction Tuesday Feb 7th

[Irene Weiser]

THIS CONCERNS THE BORGER STATION RIGHT HERE IN ELLIS HOLLOW!
Please make the call as described below.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Dennis Higgins 
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 7:19 AM
Subject: [UAFF] last chance to stop Dominion New Market from starting
construction Tuesday Feb 7th
To: Sustainable , CFF <
compressorfreefrank...@groups.io>, Stop-NED , "
otsego-coalit...@lists.riseup.net" , "<
fossilfre...@googlegroups.com>" 


Dear Friends,

We need your help. The NYS DEC recently approved permits for Dominion's
massive *"New Market Project." *If built, New Market will bring over 100
MILLION cubic feet of *additional fracked gas * into our state from
Pennsylvania every day. This decision was a mistake--one that flies in the
face of Governor Cuomo's insistence that New York *"must double down by
investing in the fight against dirty fossil fuels and fracked gas from
neighboring states."   *

Now, with those permits clutched in its greedy corporate fist, Dominion has
the audacity to request *substantial variances* that increase impacts while
*simultaneously* asking FERC to grant a final *NOTICE TO PROCEED* with
construction by *February 7th*. That's outrageous!

*We can't let this happen.* Even though DEC let us down, *Cuomo* does have *one
last chance *to show us that he's listening:

*Cuomo must tell FERC that the State of New York OBJECTS to Dominion's
request for a Notice to Proceed.*

*The fact is that it's NOT too late for DEC to take a stand. *The variances
requested would let Dominion encroach upon sensitive wetlands at multiple
sites. Wetland buffers exist for a reason--to protect water quality and
habitat. Dominion must abide by the same rules as everyone else. And at the
Brookman Corners compressor station, Dominion now wants to add more
equipment, including *two additional gas coolers and another building.
These modifications to the project **were not part of Dominion's
application.* Gas coolers are not only NOISY, they are energy hogs, and
will cause onsite generator(s) to pump out more emissions.

These are changes that *neither DEC nor the public* has seen until now, and
that directly impact *WATER *and *AIR *quality--which the state is obliged
to protect.

*DEC must hit the brakes.  Please take action today.*

*PLEASE CALL GOVERNOR CUOMO at 1-518-474-8390 <(518)%20474-8390> and DEC
COMMISSIONER SEGGOS at 1-518- 402-8545 <(518)%20402-8545> TODAY and tell
them to:*

   - *OBJECT TO DOMINION'S REQUEST FOR A NOTICE TO PROCEED*
   - *PROTECT NEW YORK'S AIR AND WATER QUALITY.*
  - * It is outrageous for Dominion to violate wetland buffers,*
  - * Surprise New Yorkers with more noisy polluting equipment after
  permits were issued, *
  - *And then have the audacity to expect a quick Notice to Proceed. *
  - *These are changes that neither DEC nor the public has had an
  opportunity to evaluate.*
   - *RESCIND PERMITS FOR THE PROJECT. Let the public comment on proposed
   changes. DEC must now perform the comprehensive review that should have
   occurred before.*

You can also email Seggos at  basil.seg...@dec.ny.gov

and post to Cuomo's webform at
*http://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form
*


Thank you!

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] NYC: Thousands Rally At Schumer's Apt

[Irene Weiser]

Roughly 3,000 angry demonstrators gathered outside Sen. Chuck Schumer’s
luxury Brooklyn apartment building — holding up signs and chanting “What
the f–k, Chuck?!” — to protest his lukewarm stance on President Trump’s
cabinet picks.

The group is ultimately up in arms over what they refer to as Schumer’s
“centrist” beliefs and willingness to play ball with the president. Schumer
has already voted “Yes” on three of Trump's cabinet picks.
*Join the Binghamton Rally on Thursday *
to tell Sen. Schumer he must vote NO on nominees that could set back our
climate and environmental protection goals and NO onTrump's Supreme Court
nominee!

*There is SO MUCH at stake - Why is Schumer not doing more to lead the
resistance??!!*

*WHAT* -  *Schumer RESIST Trump Rally*

*WHEN*  Thurs Feb 2, 12 - 1pm

*WHERE*  Federal Office Building, 15 Henry Street Binghamton NY

*CARPOOL* -  Meet at Stewart Park, Ithaca, 10:30am, 1st parking lot on
Right when you enter, to find others who are going.

*SHARE*  https://www.facebook.com/events/971820162948924/


"Democrats either need to feed, nurture and aggressively champion the
resistance, or they need to get out of the way in favor of someone who
will. The usual rules no longer apply."
*Markos Mulitsas, founder, Daily Kos*


*TELL SENATOR SCHUMER IT'S TIME TO START LEADING THE RESISTANCE!!*



Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me.*

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