Sustainability for Tomorrow: The Green future and you!
The Blue Green Alliance Town Hall Meeting
September 24, 2008, 6-9pm
Buffalo Historical Society
25 Nottingham Court
Buffalo, NY, 14216
Speakers will include:
Senator Antoine Thompson
County Legislator Bob Reynolds, Solar Energy
Walter Simpson, Energy Audits
Bob Knoer, Climate Change
Bill Nowak, Wind Action Group
NYSDOL Bruce Herman, Workforce Development
On Wednesday, August 13, Green Jobs for America held a "Clean Energy Solutions Tour", which included more than 40 local elected officials and representatives from state agencies, labor and environmental organizations, highlighted the potential of investing in a green economy.
The tour included stops at the Department of Environmental Conservation's LEED certified building, Hudson Valley Community College's TEC-SMART campus for green workforce development and a rooftop examination of the Dormitory Authority for the State of New York's photovoltaic energy generation facilities. The tour took place aboard a hybrid bio-diesel bus provided by the Capital District Transportation Authority.
WRGB-TV (CBS 6), August 13, 2008:
Boosting Green Jobs
Schenectady Daily Gazette, August 13, 2008:
Clean energy bus tour
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, July 22, 2008:
'Green' development can add jobs in Rochester
Saratogian, July 18, 2008:
Offshore oil drilling is not the solution
Albany Times-Union, July 17, 2008:
Invest in generating a clean energy economy
Norreida Reyes of the Sierra Club speaks on the Clean Energy Solutions Tour.
Tour attendees visit the Dormitory Authority to view their solar energy generation facilities.
New York Can Gain from Fighting Global Warming
Ethan Bergerson
Sierra Club
85 Washington Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518 587 9166
ethan.bergerson@sierraclub.org
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