2007 EMEP Conference Presentations
Thursday November 15, 2007
Climate Change Science and Policy
Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation,and Protection in New York:
Linking Science and Policy
November 15-16, 2007
Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Road, Albany, NY
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 [PDF]
Peter Iwanowicz, Director, Office of Climate Change [PDF]
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and William Shobe, Director of Business and Economic Research, University of Virginia - Electricity Technologies in a Carbon-constrained World [PDF]
Ronald Wyzga, Electric Power Research Institute - Local Climate Change Initiatives in New York State
Jennifer Cox, Senior Planner, Regional Plan Association - Geologic Carbon Sequestration Potential in New York State [PDF|4MB]
Taury Smith, Research Scientist IV, Reservoir Characterization Group, Center for Stratigraphy and Paleontology, NYS Museum
Keynote Address
- Climate Change and New York: The Need for Quick Scale in Policy Solutions
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Slides [PDF] Text [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 [PDF]
Ron Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Verdant Power New York - Post Construction Wildlife Monitoring Study at Maple Ridge Wind Farm [PDF|3.1 MB]
David Mizrahi, Vice President for Research, New Jersey Audubon Society - 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 [PDF]
Gopal Sistla, Director, Bureau of Air Research, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - 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 [PDF]
John Graham, Project Manager, NESCAUM - 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 [PDF|4.1 MB]
Philip Johnson, Yale Graduate School, Independent Environmental Health Consultant - Comparing the Acute Respiratory Effects of PM2.5 Components: Recent Results for NYC [PDF]
Pat Kinney, Associate Professor, Columbia University - NYSERDA'S Clean Diesel Technology Field Testing Program: Evaluation of Novel PM and NOx Control Technologies on Diesel Construction Equipment [PDF]
Tim Hansen, Southern Research Institute - Summary of Presentations [PDF]
Praveen Amar, NESCAUM
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 [PDF]
Greg Lawrence, Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey - Critical Deposition Loads: Informing Environmental Protection Strategies [PDF]
Tim Sullivan, Biological Scientist/Environmental Chemist, E&S Environmental Chemistry - 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 [PDF]
Karen Roy, Research Scientist, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Biological and Forest Health Trends [PDF]
Myron Mitchell, Director, Council on Hydrologic Systems Science and Distinguished Professor, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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 [PDF]
Sam Napolitano, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - New York State Mercury Reduction Initiatives [PDF]
David Shaw, Director, Division of Air Resources, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Wet Deposition Mercury Trends in North America [PDF|2.3 MB]
David Gay, National Atmospheric Deposition Program Assistant Coordinator, Mercury Deposition Network - Ecological Effects of Mercury Deposition in the Adirondack Region of New York: Critical Issues for Recovery [PDF]
Charles Driscoll, Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering and Director of the Center for Environmental Systems Engineering, Syracuse University - Invertivore methylmercury exposure and sensitivity: Past Assumptions, Current Findings [PDF]
David Evers, Executive Director, BioDiversity Research Institute
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 [PDF|5.5 MB]
Thomas Nussbaumer, Founder and Owner, Verenum (Switzerland) - Biopower - Technology and Policy Challenges [PDF]
Ed Gray, President, Antares Group - Ethanol/Biodiesel - Challenges and Opportunities [PDF|5.9 MB]
Carl Mas, Associate Project Manager, NYSERDA, and
James Winebrake, Rochester Institute of Technology - Biogas: Environmental Performance of Biogas Systems
Kurt Roos, Manager, AgStar Program - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Thomas Fiesinger, Project Manager, NYSERDA
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