Welcome

to the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative

  • EarthForce at New Roots – Tina Nilsen-Hodges
  • ​The Ithaca 2030 District Annual Progress Report – Peter Bardaglio


26 Jan. 2024

24 Feb. 2023

2023

28 Jan. 2025

28 Feb. 2025

  • Ithaca 2030 District: Recent Developments - Peter Bardaglio
  • Micromobility in Ithaca - Jeff Goodmark
  • Climate Change Awareness & Action – George Lorefice and Peter Wirth
  • Bangladesh & Climate Change – Sujoy Chakma
  • The Final Scoping Plan - Bob Howarth
  • Rewiring America -Luis Aguirre-Torres

28 June 2024

  • Fracking 2.0: Using CO2 to Extract Methane - Irene Weiser
  • Getting Involved (Discussion)

25 July 2025

2024

27 Sept. 2024

30 May 2025

  • NYS Climate and Clean Energy Legislation: Prospects and Challenges -  Assemblymember Anna Kelles
  • 2024 TCCPI Priorities - All

Here are the highlights from past monthly meetings of the coalition:​

23 Feb. 2024

28 July 2023

  • Roundtable Discussion – All
  • ​NYS Climate and Clean Energy Legislation: The Road Ahead – Anna Kelles
  • ​​The Humphrey Fellows Program – Hyomi Eom & Bossombra Kouamé 
  • Hudson River Watershed Alliance – Simon Gruber 

25 Aug. 2023

26 May 2023

29 Aug, 2025

  • Climate Change in the News – Peter Bardaglio
  • ​Climate Change, the Energy Transition, and Local Municipalities – Dan Lamb


13 Dec. 2024

  • Climate Change and the Global Food System - Rachel Bezner Kerr
  • Current Climate and Clean Energy Legislation in Albany - Anna Kelles

2025

  • The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health – Emma Nelson​
  • ​Climate Change in the News – Peter Bardaglio
  • Recent Findings on Methane, Blue Hydrogen and LNG – Dr. Bob Howarth
  • Discussion: CLCPA and the Work Ahead – All
  • GYGB & Southern Tier Clean Energy Hub - Karim Beers
  • 10-Year Solid Waste Management Plans (State and Local) - Diane Cohen
  • The NY Energy Plan & the NYPA Renewables Plan – Marguerite Wells
  • Climate Change Education at PRI-Museum of the Earth – Ingrid Zabel and Don Haas 
  • Sunrise Movement Ithaca - Siobhan Hull and Isia Patie
  • Zero Waste Ithaca - Yayoi Koizumi
  • Transportation Options, Decarbonization, and Equity in Tompkins County  - Dawn Montanye
  • TCCPI Issues & Topics for 2023-24 - All

31 March 2023

26 April 2024

27 Jan. 2023

31 May 2024

  • Recycling and Household Engagement - Louise Bruce
  • Ithaca College Energy and Climate Plans - Scott Doyle
  • Climate Change in the News - Peter Bardaglio
  • Discussion and Roundtable Updates
  • Transitioning Cornell’s​ District Energy System – Sarah Carson, Stacey Edwards, Jaimee Wilson
  • Expanding Access to Residential Heat Pumps in Our Community – Gay Nicholson

28 April 2023

27 June 2025

  • The Upstate NY Grid – Marguerite Wells
  • ​Cornell Climate & Energy Update – Bert Bland, Sarah Carson, and Wayne Bezner Kerr


  • NYS Climate Impacts Assessment - Allison Chatchyan
  • TCCPI and the Current State Legislative Session - Brian Eden and

          Peter Bardaglio

  • A New Direction for Decarbonization – Rebecca Evans
  • Climate & Clean Energy Priorities in the Upcoming Legislative Session – Assemblymember Anna Kelles​
  • Distributed-Scale Green Hydrogen to Prevent ‘De-Celerating’ the Energy Transition – Paul Mutolo and William Dailey
  • ​​Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region – Kristen Van Hooreweghe

26 July 2024

28 March 2025

29 Sep. 2023

25 April 2025

15 Dec. 2023

  • Tompkins County Food System Plan - Don Barber
  • Sustainable Finger Lakes Heat Pump Pilot - Gay Nicholson
  • Center for Community Transportation: What’s Up for 2025? – Jeff Goodmark
  • Park Building Decarbonization Fund – Nick Goldsmith
  • Estimating the Operational Emissions of Cornell University Heat Decarbonization Pathways – Fenya Bartram, Eric Potash, bethany ojalehto mays, Jacob Mays, and Tony Ingraffea

25 Oct. 2024

30 June 2023

  • Multi-Residential Passive House Projects in NYC - Ken Levenson
  • Plastic Waste Management in Burundi - Jean Marie Nizigiyimana
  • Cornell on Fire bethany ojalehto mays 
  • The Climate Reality Project – Tom Hirasuna and Diane Stefani
  • Tapping the Unique Power of Food to Confront Climate Change – Mike Hoffmann
  • Ithaca 2030 District & 2024 Annual Progress Report – Peter Bardaglio
  • Digital Twinning & Energy Planning – Timur Dogan and Team
  • 2025 TCCPI Priorities – All

27 Oct. 2023

30 Aug. 2024

  • The Cozy Basements Program – Jaden Beck
  • Green Workforce Development in Tompkins County – Aloja Airewele

29 March 2024

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Meeting Highlights