<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font color="#ffaa00" size="4">The Bard Center for Environmental Policy / The National Climate Seminar</font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:36px">OffShore Wind:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:36px">New York's 9 GW Commitment</span></p><div><br></div><font size="6" color="#ff9900"><div style="text-align:center">Adrienne Downey</div></font><div style="text-align:center"><font size="6" color="#ff9900">Principal Engineer, Offshore Wind</font></div><div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:xx-large"><font color="#ff9900">NY State Energy Research and Development Authority</font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:10.5pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:10.5pt">Webinar, Wednesday February 12, 12 Noon EST. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,"Liberation Sans",FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Webinar Link: </span><a href="https://bluejeans.com/174405546" target="_blank" style="background:transparent;color:rgb(29,107,221);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:17px;font-family:ProximaNovaRegular;display:inline-block">https://bluejeans.com/174405546</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Dial In 1.408.740.7256, Code </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)">174 405 546</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,"Liberation Sans",FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:transparent;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="background:url("") 0px 0px/217px 2405px no-repeat transparent;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;display:inline-block;width:20px;height:20px">   </div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">The 2030 date to achieve the Paris Climate Accords carbon target is forcing all of us to rethink "Business As Usual</span><span style="font-size:14px">”</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">.  New York's recent commitment to 9GW of OffShore Wind is a game changer for this technology option in the US. Join NYSERDA's Adrienne Downey for an inside look at how this new industry will grow in the northeast over the next few years.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14px"><font color="#232323">This webinar is part of a year-long project:</font><font color="#ffaa00"> </font></span><a href="http://www.solveclimateby2030.org/" target="_blank" style="font-size:14px"><font color="#ffaa00"><b>Solve Climate By 2030</b></font></a><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">  sponsored by </span><a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep" target="_blank" style="font-size:14px"><font color="#ffaa00"><b>The Bard Center for Environmental Policy</b></font></a><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">  The project takes as its starting point recent IPCC report that we have only ten years to forestall catastrophic climate change. Tthe project culminates on April 7, 2020 </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">in a</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">national Power Dialog</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">:</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> 52</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">simultaneous,</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">university hosted</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">webinars, one in every state</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">, </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">DC and</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">Puerto Rico</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">. In</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">these webinars, local</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">climate solutions experts will suggest</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">three</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">ambitious but feasible</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">state, urban, utility or business</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">initiatives that need</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">to occur </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">in</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">Tennessee and Idaho, Missouri and</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">New Jersey, Florida and Minnesota,</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">  </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">if</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">we </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">aim </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">to forestall catastrophic climate</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">change.</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">Following these state</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">webinars, classes and other groups</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">tuning in will have 60</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">minutes for</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">“solutions sprints” designed to identify</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">civic action opportunities</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px">for participants.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:14px"><font color="#232323"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><font color="#232323">Learn more at </font></span><span style="font-size:14px"><font color="#ffaa00"> </font></span><a href="http://www.solveclimateby2030.org/" target="_blank" style="font-size:14px"><font color="#ffaa00"><b>Solve Climate By 2030</b></font></a><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px"><font color="#232323">, and </font></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiqizzggbwL7tYphvo58jww9OPwYciKoiFYoLwTBGGr9ow6A/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank"><b><font color="#ffb43f" style="font-size:14px">sign up here</font> </b></a><font color="#232323"><span style="font-size:14px">to stay informed about the project.</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Dr. Eban Goodstein /  Director, Graduate Programs in Sustainability / Bard College</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br><a href="http://www.bard.edu/mba" target="_blank">MBA in Sustainability</a><br><a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep" target="_blank">MS in Environmental Policy and MS in Climate Science and Policy</a><br><a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep/program/ms-education/" target="_blank">M. Ed in Environmental Education</a><br><br>845-758-7067<br><a href="mailto:ebangood@bard.edu" target="_blank">ebangood@bard.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>