Tankers, Turbines - Questions from the audience
Channel: Owen Crowley
Date: 2014-08-01

Sean Dixon of Clean Ocean Action, David Alecia of Sierra Club, and Al Appleton answer audience questions after presenting on the implications of the Port Ambrose LNG shipping terminal, the competing offshore wind farm proposal, and the imperative that we move away from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Al Appleton is former Commissioner of New York City Department of Environmental Protection.  Al is the Director of the Program for Sustainability Entrepreneurship, at the Cooper Union Institute, for Sustainable Design, and an international consultant, on Sustainability, water resource management, watershed and landscape protection, and the economics of the energy industry.

David Alicea is a native Long Islander.  He is the Long Island & New York City Organizer for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, as they work to make New York State a renewable energy leader.  David serves as Vice-Chair of New York Interfaith Power and Light's Board of Directors.

Sean Dixon is the Coastal Policy Attorney at Clean Ocean Action.  At Clean Ocean Action, Sean's work ranges from dredged materials, and coastal water quality, to LNG imports and exports, offshore oil and gas activities, climate change, and coastal development.  Sean is the Chair of the American Bar Association's, Spring Conference on Environmental Law and is a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program.

This program was produced by United for Action, and hosted by Rutgers Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.