I would be honored to serve a second term as At-Large Delegate to the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter. I lived in NY for most of my 65 years, growing up in North Tonawanda, then working and raising a family in Corning. I am a scientist/engineer (PhD in Materials Science, Cornell, 1995, and BS Chem E, University of Detroit, 1980). I’ve been active in the Finger Lakes Group for a dozen years and am currently serving a second term as Chair. In April 2020, I authored a resolution to the Atlantic Chapter opposing “behind-the-meter” sales of electric power, which was the scheme used by Greenidge Generation to enable their cryptomining. More than two years later, the DEC denied the air permit to Greenidge; a huge win for our coalition of environmental groups against a well-funded cryptocurrency industry. Still, there are many more battles to come. As At-Large Delegate, I support environmental bills in the NYS legislature, which included lobbying state senators to pass the cryptomining partial moratorium bill. That bill now awaits Governor Hochul’s signature. I provided active support to the CLCPA, the Climate Action Councils, and their Draft Scoping Plan. I was one of the founding members of the NY Water Sentinels and served five years as regional coordinator of about 25 volunteers, monitoring streams for hydrofracking contamination.
I see climate change as the number one global problem. We must quickly and justly transition NY and the world to renewable, carbon-free, energy.