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Today we told LIPA- its time for renewables!

 

Today we rallied at the Long Island Power Authority Trustee meeting to tell them “Plug Me In To Off Shore Wind!”

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All Our Energy were part of over 100 activists and demonstrators at this week’s LIPA Board meeting.

LIPA Chairman Suozzi asked, and not a single person in the room was against developing off shore wind. I spoke in favor of moving forward with off shore wind right now for the power they need to generate for the South Fork of LI.  For the same price we can have clean energy with battery storage from an off shore wind farm 30 miles from Montauk, or build new fossil fuel power plants and gas pipelines to feed them across the island, including sensitive nature areas.  Why would we not move into the renewable energy future??

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read about it here:

Dozens protest to approve offshore LI wind turbines
VIDEO: Dozens rally for LIPA approval of offshore wind turbines


Plus about the Off Shore Wind Forum from last week in East Hampton
http://mobile.easthamptonstar.com/News/2016324/Swell-Support-Buoys-Wind-Project

 

Our Letter Published in Newsday

Newsday published my (highly abbreviated) letter about Suffolk County’s single use plastic bag proposal this week.

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/letters/letter-newsday-uses-plastic-bags-too-1.11576235

newsdaybagsWe are pushing for similar action in Long Beach, to eliminate single use plastic bag pollution. Thank you for your support.

Can you display that support with one of our bumper stickers??  this show of support will help your neighbors and everyone become aware and transform Long Beach to a reusable bag culture, saving our waterways from tens of thousands of plastic bag assaults and helping keep our streets clean.

Please save the date for our next showing of Bag It at Bridgeworks on April 1!

huge news in our plastic bag campaign!

As of this week…THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS HELPING SUPPORT THIS CAMPAIGN!  

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Thanks to Councilman Anthony Eramo, who has stepped up to bring our campaign to the public through official city channels, this campaign has just catapulted ahead dramatically!
The City of Long Beach will host a family-friendly screening of “Bag It” on the big screen at Long Beach CITY HALL Friday, March 4 at 7pm.   The City will promote it through their extensive channels.
Additionally, we thank The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, who are also backing and promoting this event and lending their help. 
Here’s how YOU can help: Join us as we RAMP UP all our outreach and host multiple events to coincide with this development and use this momentum to push this issue through to success.  

We must expand and show the widespread public support (that’s YOU)  that there is for this, and make this a dinner table topic to transition Long Beach to a reusable bag culture!Can you show your support and to help advocate with us?

For this date and others upcoming, we will need volunteers, and happy moviegoers alike. Please bring your friends, kids, everyone and tell and share with everyone you know. invite them right now at the event link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1741239379440120/Please reply to this email if you would like to join the volunteer team.

We have bumper/window stickers on the way and we hope you will display them to help raise awareness of the issue and let everyone know that you support this movement!  Can you display one?  Come to one of our upcoming events and get one!!! 

If you haven’t already, Please like and share the campaign’s Facebook page

With your help, we will be unstoppable!!

Help Tell LIPA and NY State: We want Renewables

Right now, millions in New York can not make their own clean energy because the sun doesn’t shine on their roof the right way, or maybe they don’t even have a roof!  Why should that be our limit?


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What if we found a way for them to still generate their own solar power that they could use anyway?

At our 2/17/16 meeting, we discussed these issues and what we can all do about it.

Two ways to do this are community owned solar projects and off site / virtual net metering.  Your clean energy is created somewhere besides your house or business, and you still get to use it.
These are new strategies that would help unleash a renewables revolution in New York.  We have the power right now,  in New York and especially on Long Island, to beneficially replace outdated fossil fuel infrastructure that has outlived its expected life span. It must be replaced soon.

With your help, we will make sure Long Island moves into renewable energy.

If we buy in to all new fossil fuels, we will have them for 30-50 years more without the opportunity to switch to large scale renewables, like off shore wind which are safer and cleaner than fossil fuels, and are ready to go today at the same price as new fossil fuel plants.
So why aren’t we changing?

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Inertia, powerful interests, utility profit models that increase based on burning more fuels instead of supplying energy, exclusion of others to supply energy even if safe, practical and economical (not a free market).  These modes are outdated and these entities need to move into the 21st century profit model that simultaneously cleans up most of their dirty emissions, or make way for those that will.

Join our meeting to discuss putting the “power” in your hands to tell officials and other decision-makers to do the right thing and adopt economical renewables on a grand scale in New York, make community-owned projects easier, and help open new paths for renewables to fill our electricity needs.

An exciting time and I’m glad you’re taking this journey with us!

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Comes To Queens and Nassau

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The national organization is launching a new chapter for Queens and Nassau County, New York residents.

Find out what YOU can do to address climate change through the citizen empowering, free-market based, non-partisan plan this group of 4000 volunteers works towards.

Once enacted, the clean energy economy would be unleashed to solve the climate crisis.

You can find out more about them at http://citizensclimatelobby.org/

from their flyer:

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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Present
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP
Wednesday 4/23 from 6-9:30pm.
Panera Bread
23-58 Bell Blvd
Bayside, NY 11360.

this event on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/639778242755951/

RSVP: Queens@citizensclimatelobby.org

You’ve changed your lightbulbs and insulated your home. You shop at the farmers’ market for local produce. When possible, you walk or ride your bike.

There is not much more you can do to address the climate crisis until…
….it is possible to buy an electric car you plug into the smart grid powered by renewable energy and help your neighbors to insulate their homes.

What you need – what we all need- is an economy-wide global switch from fossil fuels to renewables. The USA must lead and Congress has to pave the way.

How in the world do you make THAT happen?

We’ve got a clue! Come find out from the experts.

Please spread the word about this event to anyone who you know that may be interested!

and please feel free to email any questions to Queens@citizensclimatelobby.org.

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New York Energy Plan Hearings

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Sierra Club are organizing a call to action :

 

RSVP for a New York Energy Plan Hearing in your area

New York State is busy setting its energy agenda with the 2014 Energy Plan. Our families deserve a plan that moves us forward by increasing our commitment to job-creating renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.

 

Event Details

WHO: New York energy officials, Sierra Club, and You!
WHAT: New York Energy Plan public hearings

Albany
WHEN: Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 10:00 AM
WHERE: Albany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, NFS Auditorium, 255 Fuller Road, Albany NY [map]

Brooklyn
WHEN: Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 3:00 PM
WHERE: Brooklyn College, Gold Room, Student Center 6th Fl, Campus Road & E 27th, Brooklyn NY [map]

Manhattan
WHEN: Thursday, February 20, 2014, 10:00 AM
WHERE: John Jay College, 2nd Fl, 524 W 59th St (between 10th and 11th), New York, NY [map]

Buffalo
WHEN: February 25, 2014 10:00 AM
WHERE: SUNY Buffalo, Center for Tomorrow, North Campus, Flint & Service Center Road, Buffalo NY [map]

Long Island
WHEN: Monday March 3, 2014, 1:00 PM
WHERE: SUNY Farmingdale, Little Theater at Roosevelt Hall, Melville Road, Farmingdale, NY [map]

Syracuse
WHEN: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 11:00 AM
WHERE: SUNY ESF, Gateway Center, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse NY [map]

Questions: contact David Alicea at david.alicea@sierraclub.org or Jennifer Tuttle at jennifer.tuttle@sierraclub.org

 

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I will be there on March 3, 2014 at SUNY Farmingdale.

I must say-just being there is a huge statement, so join in and have your say as to New York’s Energy plan.

please RSVP to Sierra Club here:

http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=event_FLD_NY_EnergyPlan

News to start 2014

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Hello friends. On the newsfront, just click the links to see the stories I’ve been following…

 

YOU ARE RENEWABLE ENERGY

Watt’s Happening: The Three Shades of Green

Working In Wind blog from Meredith

Thinking about working in wind? Hear from some experts.

ACTION

Sierra Club : Tell Congress to Protect Clean Energy Jobs

INNOVATION

Largest Wind Turbine In World Ready For Production

New Wind Power Cheaper than Existing Coal and Natural Gas in Many Parts of the Country

US Hybrid licenses fuel cell tech from United Technologies

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Clean energy future moves closer – legal victory for Cape Wind, FAA approval upheld

Tourists Flock to Wind Turbines: 14 Examples of Ecotourism

Wind Power Rivals Coal With $1 Billion Order From Buffett

LOCAL

Long Island could lead the nation, world in offshore wind power

 

 

what do you think?
what are you reading about?

Governor Cuomo Urged to Make Wind Power a Priority in 2014

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December 18, 2013, Hauppague NY. Today, Sierra Club and New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), amongst other supporters, delivered the 12,944 signatures they received to the Long Island office of Governor Andrew Cuomo, calling on the governor to expand and support wind energy in New York.

“This outpouring of public support for wind power demonstrates that New Yorkers are ready for Governor Cuomo to make our state a national wind power leader,” said Sierra Club Organizer David Alicea. “Governor Cuomo can lead us into the 21st century by making a strong commitment on wind energy that will boost our economy, create jobs, and clean up our air.”

The petitions demand » Read more..

What We Can Do : Offshore Wind for NY 2013

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Our Final Video report installment from The Offshore Wind For NY Conference. The focus is on the policy and political will needed to bring offshore wind to NY

We hear from Catherine Bowes, National Wildlife Federation; Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment; Doug Sims, Natural Resources Defense Council; Gordian Raacke, Renewable Energy Long Island; Lisa Dix, Sierra Club.

As mentioned in the video, sign the Sierra Club Petition to Gov. Cuomo to expand wind energy here.

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Additionally, Speaker here Doug Sims, Of NRDC has recently released a very important and informative paper:

Doug Sims: Fulfilling the Promise of U.S. Offshore Wind

What We Can Expect : Offshore Wind For NY 2013

 
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Jim Lanard, President of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition, talks how wind power causes electricity price suppression, and the push back to that.

He explains how offshore wind power will LOWER electric rates, causing lower profits for those who make their money off fossil fuels and ultra high “peak demand”  “market rates”… they’re probably not going to like that!

 
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So watch when they come to fight your wind projects.

He tells us what to expect and what we can do about it.