Gas Leases – Landowners Beware
In my prior life, I represented developers, municipalities and land owners in the siting of wind projects in New York. While, I did not draft or negotiate leases, I read many wind leases. In my...
View ArticleRGGI Cap Lowered?
Last night Pressconnects.com reported on a bill to lower the cap on RGGI and use the proceeds to benefit the communities effected by the closure of coal fired power plants. The draft bill entitled...
View ArticleUniversity Sustainability
My 17 year old son and I are looking at colleges. Nice, expensive, four year universities with lots of amenities, including multiple LEED certified buildings, local food cafeterias, campus composting...
View ArticleClimate Hope
I attended a sustainability seminar at Skidmore College last week. The process began with the assigned reading of Bill McKibben’s latest book: Eaarth. Eaarth is a somewhat hysterical rant about climate...
View ArticleBenchmarking of Energy Efficiency of NYC Buildings
In 2009, as a part of the PlaNYC Greater Green Buildings Code, Public Law 84 was passed. The law required that all buildings in New York City over 50,000 sq. ft., or multiple buildings with a combined...
View ArticleGLOW
This Sunday Brian Nearing wrote an interesting article about the doomed offshore wind project for the Great Lakes that was supported by NYPA under Richard Kessel’s leadership – they called it GLOW...
View ArticleSolar Energy New York
Last week CNSE held a DOE Sun Shot Conference at their facilities in Albany. I was an impressive gathering of all the regional installers, service providers and educators in the solar field. It also...
View ArticleVacations
My family and I took our annual vacation this year to Martha’s Vineyard. All started well. We took my Prius and my husband’s Mini to Falmouth and then my Prius over to MV. We decided a while ago that...
View ArticleAERTC Conference
New York is gearing up for one of the largest energy conferences in the State. The event will be held on October 30-31 in the Jacob Javitz Center in New York City. The conference is hosted by Stony...
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