Upcoming Webinars focusing on:
  • Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations
  • Extreme Heat and Climate Change: Preparing for Summer 2023
  • Environmental Bond Act Educational Listening Sessions

Learn Why Municipalities are Transitioning Fleets to Electric
Vehicles and Investing in Public Charging Infrastructure in
Communities

State and Utility Incentives and Programs are Available to
Help

The Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board
(CNY RPDB), in collaboration with National Grid, presents a new
webinar about electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging stations.
Topics to be covered in this webinar:

  • why municipalities should consider EVs and charging stations
    now;
  • current market trends;
  • incentives;
  • State programs; and
  • statewide utility programs.

In addition, hear about how electrifying fleets and installing
public EV charging stations can benefit municipalities working
towards certification in the Climate Smart Communities
program and designation in the Clean Energy Communities
program.

Webinar Information:

Date: June 22, 2023
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctdemhqTgpE9JAFcGFiMoum9u7daH2kHaa#/registration

Featuring

  • Chris Carrick, Energy Program Manager at CNY RPDB
  • Amanda Mazzoni, Clean Energy Communities Coordinator at CNY
    RPDB
  • Mike Boccuzzi, Climate Smart Communities Coordinator at CNY
    RPDB
  • Whitney Skeans, Senior Program Manager Electric Vehicles – NY
    at National Grid
  • Leslie Vishwanath, Lead Project Manager Electric Vehicles/Clean
    Fleets – NY at National Grid

Who Should Attend?

Municipal officials and planning staff, Climate Smart
Communities Task Force members, and all other members of the public
are encouraged to attend.

Questions?

Contact Amanda Mazzoni at amazzoni@cnyrpdb.org.

 

Final Webinar in the Series About Extreme Heat and Climate
Change in New York State – June 22

This webinar will highlight ways in which communities can
assess, plan for, and adapt to extreme heat impacts. The
presentations will review data and tools for understanding impacts,
showcase key State programs and resources, and describe individual
measures to adapt and stay cool. The webinar will discuss the
various ways in which local governments, emergency response
coordinators, and community groups can help their communities be
safe during extreme heat events and highlight some of the available
resources the State provides to support local preparedness and
adaptation to extreme heat.

Webinar Information:

Date: June 22, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Register to attend: https://meetny.webex.com/weblink/register/r264fbdc9b8c251e630b9ea766e7acba5

Expert Panel:

  • Neil Muscatiello – Bureau of Environmental and Occupational
    Epidemiology at the New York State Department of Health.
  • Corrina Cavallo – New York State Division of Homeland Security
    and Emergency Services
  • Shannon Clarke – New York State Division of Homeland Security
    and Emergency Services
  • Elaine Mahoney – New York State Homes & Community
    Renewal
  • David Burgy – New York State Office of Resilient Homes and
    Communities
  • Mara-Louise Shea – New York State Department of Environmental
    Conservation, Office of Climate Change
  • Emily D’Angelo – New York State Association of County Health
    Officials
  • Rami Dinnawi – El Puente
  • David Hondula – Arizona State University’s School of
    Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, and the City of Phoenix,
    Arizona

Moderator:

  • Meghan Holtan – University at Buffalo

The webinar series is part of the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York State Energy Research
and Development Authority (NYSERDA)’s development of an extreme
heat action plan in response to the increased frequency and
intensity of extreme heat events caused by climate change. DEC and
NYSERDA started convening the Extreme Heat Action Plan Work Group
last year. It consists of more than 20 State agencies working
together on immediate steps to address the dangers of extreme
heat.

The webinars, hosted by DEC and NYSERDA in conjunction with the
Extreme Heat Action Plan Work Group and University at Buffalo,
include presentations by a panel of subject matter experts on
topics relevant to State and local planning for extreme heat
events.

Municipal officials and planning staff, community organizations,
and all other members of the public are encouraged to attend.

Recordings of all webinars in the
series are posted on the DEC website.

More information about extreme heat
and climate change in New York, and additional extreme heat
action tools and resources are available on the DEC website.

 

Attend an Environmental Bond Act Educational Listening
Session

Overwhelmingly approved by voters last fall, the $4.2 billion
Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green
Jobs Environmental Bond Act prioritizes investments in
environmental justice, climate change mitigation, shoreline
restoration, flood resilience, water quality, open space
conservation, recreational resources, and green jobs. This spring
and summer, the public and potential funding applicants will be
able to learn more about the Bond Act at a series of educational
listening sessions. Sessions have been announced across the state –
use the links below to register:

Sessions will feature a presentation on the Bond Act and an
opportunity for one-on-one discussion with State experts. Meetings
will be open to the public.

State agencies, local governments, and partners will be able to
access Environmental Bond Act funding over a multi-year process.
Recognizing that vulnerable populations are disproportionately
affected by negative environmental and climate change impacts, at
least 35%, with a goal of 40%, of Bond Act benefits will be
directed toward disadvantaged communities.

 

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