NYS DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis would like to invite you to attend a summit on Environmental Justice, Climate Change and Air Quality in New York State.

Location:   US EPA Office located at 290 Broadway, 27th Floor,
Conf. Rm. A, New York, NY 10007
Date:        October 7, 2009
Time:        10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
The following individuals are scheduled to speak:

*  Alan Belensz – Acting Director, Office of Climate Change; NYSDEC; Co- Chair Governor’s Climate Council

*  Cecil Corbin-Mark – Deputy Director/Director of Policy Initiative; WEACT

*  Robin Schlaff – Special Counsel for Regional Affairs; NYSDEC; Chair of Sea Level Rise Task Force

*  Jared Snyder – Assistant Commissioner, Air Resources, Climate Change and Energy; NYS DEC

*  Rob Sliwinski – Director, Bureau of Air Quality Planning; NYSDEC

*  Elizabeth Yeampierre – Executive Director; UPROSE

Also invited:

-City of New York
-U.S. EPA

Topics to be discussed include:

Climate Justice
Climate Policy and Addressing Climate Impacts in NYS
Air regulations in NYS
Governor Paterson’s Executive Order 24
NYS’s Sea Level Rise Task Force
Community Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation

Refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP to Keisha Wilkerson at kjwilker@gw.dec.state.ny.us or call at (518) 402-8556

An agenda will follow shortly.

Thank you!
Lisa F. Garcia, Esq.
Chief Advocate for Environmental Justice and Equity
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
47-40 21st Street
Long Island City, NY 11101-5401

Tel: (518) 402-8556
(718) 482-4009
Fax: (718) 482-4962

lfgarcia@gw.dec.state.ny.us

“Environmental justice is not an issue we can afford to relegate to the margins. It has to be part of our thinking in every decision we make.”  ~ Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator