Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation, and Protection in New York:
Linking Science and Policy
November 15-16, 2007
Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Road, Albany, NY
Conference Presentations
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2007
Climate Change Science and Policy
Chair: Peter Iwanowicz, Director, Office of Climate Change, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: State of the Science
David Rind, Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Confronting Climate Change in the Northeast
Peter Frumhoff, Senior Scientist and Director, Union of Concerned Scientists
New York/Regional Policy Initiatives
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: RGGI Update and Action Plans
Peter Iwanowicz, Director, Office of Climate Change, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and William Shobe, Director of Business and Economic Research, University of Virginia
(52kb .pdf) and (102kb .pdf).
Electricity Technologies in a Carbon-constrained World
Ronald Wyzga, Electric Power Research Institute
(411kb .pdf)
Local Climate Change Initiatives in New York State
Jennifer Cox, Senior Planner, Regional Plan Association
Geologic Carbon Sequestration Potential in New York State
Taury Smith, Research Scientist IV, Reservoir Characterization Group, Center for Stratigraphy and Paleontology, NYS Museum
(4,104kb .pdf)
Keynote Address
Climate Change and New York: The Need for Quick Scale in Policy Solutions
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
(slides - 336kb .pdf) (text - 49kb. pdf)
Environmental Issues Related to Alternative Energy and Emerging Technologies
Chair: Jeff Peterson, Program Manager, NYSERDA
Update and Lessons Learned From Alternative Energy and Emerging Technology Projects in New York State
Environmental Monitoring for a New Clean Energy Technology: Kinetic Hydropower and the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project
Ron Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Verdant Power New York
(861kb .pdf)
Post Construction Wildlife Monitoring Study at Maple Ridge Wind Farm
David Mizrahi, Vice President for Research, New Jersey Audubon Society
(3,836kb .pdf)
Electricity Generation Effects on Wildlife Populations: A synthesis (Work in Progress)
Jim Newman, Co-Director, Environmental BioIndicators Foundation and Vice President/Principal Scientist, Pandion Systems
Emerging Clean Coal Technologies: Improving the Environmental Impact of Coal Power Generation
Michael Slanders, Office of Clean Energy Systems, U.S.Department of Energy
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007
Session A: Air Quality and Related Health Research
Session Co-Chairs:
Praveen Amar, Director, Science and Policy, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and
Ellen Burkhard, Project Manager, NYSERDA
Carbonaceous Matter in Air Quality Model Applications
Gopal Sistla, Director, Bureau of Air Research, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(273kb .pdf)
Carbonaceous Aerosols in New York State and their Contributions to PM 2.5
Ken Demerjian, Director, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany
Seasonal Patterns of Organic Molecular Markers in Ambient Aerosols Around New York City and Clues to their Sources
Monica Mazurek, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
Assessment of Carbonaceous PM 2.5 for New York State and the Region
John Graham, Project Manager, NESCAUM
(276kb .pdf)
Semivolatile Emissions and Photochemical Aging: Implications for Human Exposure and Control Strategies
Allen Robinson, Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Health Effects and Exposure Risk of Wood Smoke
Philip Johnson, Yale Graduate School, Independent Environmental Health Consultant
(4,962kb .pdf)
Comparing the Acute Respiratory Effects of PM2.5 Components: Recent Results for NYC
Pat Kinney, Associate Professor, Columbia University
(125kb .pdf)
NYSERDA'S Clean Diesel Technology Field Testing Program: Evaluation of Novel PM and NOx Control Technologies on Diesel Construction Equipment
Tim Hansen, Southern Research Institute
(857kb .pdf)
Summary of Presentations
Praveen Amar, NESCAUM
(632kb .pdf)
Session B: Ecosystem Response to the Deposition of Sulfur and Nitrogen
Session Co-Chairs:
Stuart Findlay, Senior Scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies and
Mark Watson, Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA
Trends in Streams and Soils of the Adirondack Region
Greg Lawrence, Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
(642kb .pdf)
Critical Deposition Loads: Informing Environmental Protection Strategies
Tim Sullivan, Biological Scientist/Environmental Chemist, E&S Environmental Chemistry
(493kb .pdf)
Recent Trends in Atmospheric Deposition in New York
Doug Burns, Director, National Acid Deposition Assessment Program
Changes in Water Chemistry of Lakes in the Adirondack Region of New York
Karen Roy, Research Scientist, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(1,533kb .pdf)
Biological and Forest Health Trends
Myron Mitchell, Director, Council on Hydrologic Systems Science and Distinguished Professor, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
(1,336kb .pdf)
Session C: Science and Policy Issues Related to Mercury in the Environment
Session Co-Chairs:
David Schmeltz, USEPA Clean Air Markets Division and
Mark Watson, Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA
Clean Air Mercury Rule Update
Sam Napolitano, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(429kb .pdf)
New York State Mercury Reduction Initiatives
David Shaw, Director, Division of Air Resources, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
(344kb .pdf)
Wet Deposition Mercury Trends in North America
David Gay, National Atmospheric Deposition Program Assistant Coordinator, Mercury Deposition Network
(2,334kb .pdf)
Ecological Effects of Mercury Deposition in the Adirondack Region of New York: Critical Issues for Recovery
Charles Driscoll, Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering and Director of the Center for Environmental Systems Engineering, Syracuse University
(1,960kb .pdf)
Invertivore methylmercury exposure and sensitivity: Past Assumptions, Current Findings
David Evers, Executive Director, BioDiversity Research Institute
(902kb .pdf)
Environmental Issues Related to Alternative Energy and Emerging Technologies
Chair: Neil Murphy, President, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Update on Environmental Issues Related to Biofuels
Small and Medium Scale Biomass Combustion: Pollutant Formation, Pollutant Reduction, and Applications for Residential Heating and District Heating
Thomas Nussbaumer, Founder and Owner, Verenum (Switzerland)
(5,529kb .pdf)
Biopower - Technology and Policy Challenges
Ed Gray, President, Antares Group
(1,308kb .pdf)
Ethanol/Biodiesel - Challenges and Opportunities
Carl Mas, Associate Project Manager, NYSERDA, and
James Winebrake, Rochester Institute of Technology
(5,918kb .pdf)
Biogas: Environmental Performance of Biogas Systems
Kurt Roos, Manager, AgStar Program - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Thomas Fiesinger, Project Manager, NYSERDA
For additional information please contact
Amanda Stevens – 1-866-NYSERDA, ext. 3325; emep@nyserda.org
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