Tuesday 10/18/16
Rally @ 6pm, Hearing at 7pm
Long Beach City Hall
1 West Chester St, Long Beach, NY 11561
On Tuesday October 18 at 6pm, we will rally outside Long Beach City Hall, then we will go in to the City Council hearing to make sure the City of Long Beach passes their reusable bag ordinance!
WE NEED YOU THERE and hope you can attend both!!! Be a part of making this a reality. Bring everyone you know!
NY Renews Town Hall Meeting
Yes We Can Community Center
141 Garden St, Westbury, NY 11590
Facebook event here.
On Thursday 10/13/16, coalition members New York Communities for Change, Long Island Progressive Coalition, and All Our Energy are holding a Town Hall event on Long Island, part of a series we’re doing across the state to engage communities and hold our elected officials accountable.
Want to learn more about the coalition and our policy platform? Want to come together with diverse constituencies from across LI dedicated to climate justice?
RSVP now for the NYRenews Long Island Town Hall on October 13th!
At this first town hall meeting, find out about the climate policy platform NY Renews is trying to pass in Albany, and who’s in the coalition. We’re bringing together climate activists, economic justice advocates, and labor voices from across LI to talk about a statewide ‘just transition’. State officials will be in the room and our goal is to keep them accountable by demonstrating our people power and having them hear from community members. Find out about upcoming NYR activities on LI and how people can take action locally to support the statewide campaign.
Great work this weekend from the BYO Bag LB team with Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, the City of Long Beach.
The volunteer team removed over 70 lbs of trash, debris and recyclables and sent them to their proper disposal.
Thanks to our partners at Surfrider Foundation Central LI for the help and the reusable collection bags that avoid further unnecessary plastic pollution.
Saturday 10/8/16 9-11am.
1 National Blvd
(Beach at National Blvd)
Long Beach, NY 11561
Join your neighbors and friends to make a difference for our beach, our residents, and our wildlife; and contribute the results to science.
The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation will join All Our Energy, Surfrider Foundation- Central Long Island Chapter, the City of Long Beach, New York (OFFICIAL) and the BYO Bag LB team to collect and document the trash we remove, and leave nothing but footprints.
Thanks to Gentle Brew Coffee refreshments will be served for volunteers.
My first question when this USCG report was released in March 2016, and highlighted in the article Coast Guard Study Blockades Offshore Wind Energy, which demanded extra setbacks beyond the miles-wide existing shipping lanes, was- “says who?” There was no info on who produced this study and no reason why US Shipping interests were unable to work in a multitudinally wider area than Europe already has no problem with.
Now a report released this week from the public interest group Checks and Balances, about the otherwise inexplicable extra 2 mile setbacks recently forced on the Long Beach / Rockaway wind farm (and ostensibly everything from here on out) says outside lobbyists did have a say and that information on who is behind this study is being both denied and withheld.
This study was news from March 2016 (during NY Off Shore Wind Area BOEM lease announcement time). Then, it was inexplicably “dredged up” months later again by Newsday’s Mark Harrington in July. We were wondering why this old news was just hitting the radar of the preeminent energy journalist’s expertise. While all the talk was off shore wind and LIPA’s upcoming planned announcement to buy it, this instead was his article: “Study: LI Wind Farm Sites Risky”(print version title).
We must demand an explanation, release of the documents, identities of the players, and a true impartial reexamination based on the actual science and data, the article cites they never did.
We seem to be just taking regulators at their word right now, and though no need to antagonize, its good to recognize so early on in this process, that acceptance is not in our best interest.
I ask myself: Why was this coast guard setback just accepted by us, the developers, and the entire advocacy community?
It seems to me that that’s not our job. Our job is to get massive offshore wind built right and as soon as possible. BOEM’s timeline announcement in June 2016, which already stretches this process to 5-7 years, 2-3 times what an off shore fossil fuel drilling process takes, and with no guarantee lawsuits could not extend this, is not soon at all.
The climate just cannot wait. We won’t either.
WINDS OF CHANGE: AN EVENING WITH ABIGAIL HOPPER, BOEM DIRECTOR
Tuesday September 27, 2016 7pm
With Sane Energy Project and Win Wind Coalition
Long Island Association
300 Broad Hollow Rd, Melville, NY 11747
Right now, we are on the verge of a sea change in our energy system – for the first time, the United States is moving toward utility-scale offshore wind power. New York State is poised to be at the forefront of that change, with offshore wind lease areas in motion along both the east end and the south shore of Long Island. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is the agency that is spurring and facilitating this movement, and we are honored to have BOEM Director Abigail Hopper come and participate in a presentation and a lively discussion about what the transition to offshore wind power means for our energy future. Director Hopper will be joined by representatives of business, labor, environmental advocacy and resiliency groups, and we will discuss how offshore wind power will impact each of these areas. We hope you will join us, get your questions answered, and be a part of energy history in the making!
Thursday September 22, 2016 7pm
With Citizens’ Climate Lobby Of Queens and Nassau
Long Beach Public Library
111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY 11561
RSVP Here
Come for a free screening of MERCHANTS OF DOUBT: a comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner exposes a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver- tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities – yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change.
Saturday September 17, 2016 10am
Long Beach Beach Park,
1 Lincoln Blvd, Long Beach, New York 11561
Join All Our Energy, Surfrider Foundation- Central Long Island Chapter, City of Long Beach, Long Beach Chamber Of Commerce, Ocean Conservancy, SunPower by EmPower Solar, and unsOund surf. Please come help us pick up and log all the marine debris we can starting at 10am then after the pick-up, please stick around to watch some amazing surfing.
Any questions about volunteering, please email volunteercoordinator@centralli.surfrider.orgD
Thank you to Steve Abbondandolo from The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation for braving the storm to come and give an intriguing presentation on marine debris and our undersea environment!
We learned about the biggest problems our marine life face, from pollution to entanglement to damaging human interaction.
We also learned some of the ways to help alleviate these problems and as always, if you see a stranded marine animal to stay away and call The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation at their hotline: (631) 369-9729
Stay tuned as we partner with The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and others for beach clean ups and documenting what is found.
All Our Energy will be part of the panel for this event.
Sustainability in FocusInternational Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) – NYC Chapter – July 28th Event
Join the launch of the ISSP-Greater NYC film series, Sustainability In Focus, and an outdoor terrace celebration of the inaugural year!
Sustainability In Focus kicks off with the award-winning Ocean Frontiers II. Produced by the visionary Green Fire Productions, Ocean Frontiers II travels off the shores of New England where a wave of big ships, energy industries, and a changing climate are now testing the limits of an already crowded sea. But on a pioneering path of far-sighted planning—pushed by blueprints for offshore wind energy—old residents and new have come together to keep their ocean and livelihoods alive.
A deeply researched film, Ocean Frontiers II reveals the issues within the pending Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan, just recently released to public comment before being finalized this fall. Following the screening, an expert panel will discuss the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan and its potential impact on the Northeastern seas of the United States.
After the panel, ISSP-Greater NYC invites you to an outdoor reception overlooking Rockefeller Plaza to celebrate our chapter’s inaugural year!
Title:
Ocean Frontiers II: A New England Story for Sustaining the Sea
Date, Time, & Location:
Thursday, July 28th, 5:30pm – 8pm
Registration: 5:30pm – 6:00pm
Screening: 6:00pm (Please note that the screening begins promptly at 6:00pm and unfortunately no latecomers can be admitted).
Where: Natural Color Diamond Association, 22 W 48th Street, Suite 1400 (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New York City
Wines and refreshments will be provided.
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Space is limited – register today!
Current ISSP Members: $10
Non-members: $25
After July 25th or at the door, all attendees: $35
REGISTER NOW!
For more information on this event and the ISSP Greater NYC Chapter, please contact:
Mark Wolf, mark.wolf@rcn.com, 917-608-0348.
