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From Here to There: Transportation for a Changing Climate
Hudson Valley Climate Change Network Workshop July 25, 2011

Come and hear about how we can reduce our transportations carbon footprint through
innovative energy efficiency and alternative fuels.











Program Highlights

Achieving 2050 mitigation goals in the Transportation Sector
John Zamurs, Dept. of TransportationLearn about NYS Climate Action Plans chapter on
transportation and how we can work toward a lower carbon future via land use, alternative
fuels, and transportation. Read the Climate Action Plan report at:
http://www.nyclimatechange.us/InterimReport.cfm

Increasing Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy in the Transportation
Sector: Albany NY
Doug Melnick, Office of Energy and SustainabilityDiscover how Albany is transforming their
fleet to hybrids, developing a study on electric vehicle chargers, using solar powered trash cans,
and much more.

Electric Vehicles for a Greener Future
Seith Leitman, Author and Editor of Green Guru GuidesDevelop a better understanding of how
an electric cars work and the conversion of American transportation to electric vehicles.

Are Biofuels Sustainable: Biodiesel and Ethanol
Jerry Robock, Community Biofuels LLC.See how to make biofuel from vegetable oil while
learning about the viability of converting biomass feedstock into alternative fuels and the future
of biofuels as we move to electric transportation fuel.

Car Show
Take a look at some alternative fueled vehicles and speak to car experts and drivers.
When: Monday, July 25, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm BYO Lunch/Networking/
12:45 pm to 4:00 pm Program
Where: Norrie Point Environmental Center, Staatsburg, NY
http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/37889.html
Also being offered as a webinar through the Climate Smart
Communities Program (please register, information will be sent at a later date)

Registration: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WWJDSGH

Please register by July 22, 2011. Workshop is free.


Questions: Emilie Hauser or Melanie Moore, HRNERR Hudson
River Estuary Training Program, mxmoore@gw.dec.state.ny.us,
eehauser@gw.dec.state.ny.us, 845-889-4745 X 112 or 115;
Kristin Marcell, NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program,
kamarcel@gw.dec.state.ny.us, 845-256-3017; Ellen Weiss, The
Nature Conservancy, eweiss@tnc.org, 914-244-3271 x 21.