Comptroller DiNapoli to Co-Host Environmental Forum and Webcast
on Green Initiatives at the Office of the New York State Comptroller
April 7, 2008
1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
Pace Law School
Robert B. Fleming Moot Court Room
Joseph and Bessie Gerber Glass Law Center
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
For Information or to
Register - http://www.osc.state.ny.us/green.
Earth Day is April 22nd and New
York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, in collaboration with
Pace Law School, is hosting a webcast forum to identify the most
significant environmental issues facing New York State and to
share the initiatives his office is undertaking to confront these
problems.
In preparation for the 38th anniversary
of Earth Day, Comptroller DiNapoli invites you to join him to
reflect upon the environmental challenges facing us as New Yorkers
and to identify opportunities to work together to improve the
health of our planet.
The webcast forum is designed
for government officials, advocates, educators, students and
the general public. It will give interested parties an opportunity
to learn more about the issues and submit questions to a panel
of top experts on the environment.
To learn how you can attend the
webcast forum either via the web or live go to http://www.osc.state.ny.us/green.
AGENDA
1. Welcome - Professor Nicholas
A. Robinson: Gilbert & Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor
of Environmental Law, Pace University School of Law.
2.Discussion of the Comptroller's
Green Initiatives - New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
with Marcia Bystryn, Executive Director, New York League of Conservation
Voters.
3. Environmental Roundtable Discussion
- Comptroller DiNapoli discusses key environmental issues with
environmental leaders:
- Honorable Pete Grannis, Commissioner,
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation;
- Laura Haight, Senior Environmental
Associate, NYPIRG;
- Robert Moore, Executive Director,
Environmental Advocates of New York;
- Peggy Shepard, Executive Director,
We Act for Environmental Justice; and
- Margaret Seymour, Pace Law Student,
President of the Pace Environmental Law Society.
4.Questions from the live and
web audiences.
Comptroller Thomas
P. DiNapoli's Environmental Record
Comptroller DiNapoli has been
a strong advocate for New York's environment during his more
than two decades in public service. As a former Assemblyman from
Long Island, he championed a number of legislative initiatives,
including the Pine Barrens Protection Act, the ban on the gasoline
additive MTBE, the establishment of the Brownfields Cleanup Program,
the enactment of the Pesticide Neighbor Notification Act, and
numerous other measures to improve the quality of the State's
drinking water. As the former chair of the New York State Assembly
Committee on Environmental Conservation, DiNapoli brings an unprecedented
level of environmental expertise to the Comptroller's office.
This first-of-its-kind environmental webcast is the product of
his dedicated effort to bring awareness of environmental issues
to the people of New York State.
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