• Montgomery Place Fall 2019 Salon Series: Renewable Energies: Balancing Outputs and Historic Landscapes. Programs are free to all Bard students and open to the public. Limited seating available; registration required. Email montgomeryplace@bard.edu to register or call 845-758-7505 for more information.

o   Session 1: Solar Energy
November 12, 3–5 p.m., Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson
Emily Majer ’95, Town of Red Hook historian and deputy mayor, Village of Tivoli
Audrey Friedrichsen, land use and environmental advocacy attorney, Scenic Hudson
Jeff Irish, vice president, SunCommon
Moderated by Ben Hoen CEP ’06, research scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

o   Session 2: Hydro Energy
December 3, 3–5 p.m., Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson
Emily Majer ’95, Town of Red Hook historian and deputy mayor, Village of Tivoli
Jan Borchert, head of hydro facility design and permitting, Current Hydro
Tracy Brown, restoration manager, Connecticut and New York Northeast Coldwater Habitat Program, Trout Unlimited
Weston Davey, historic site restoration coordinator, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
Moderated by Robyn Smyth, assistant professor of environmental and urban studies, Bard College

• New York State Announces $3 million for Municipalities to Purchase ZEV and Infrastructure – Full details regarding both the clean vehicle rebates and the ZEV infrastructure grants are available in the Requests for Applications on the DEC website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/109181.html.

Source Collin Adkins