*** Tour Begins at the Pinebush Nature Preserve, 195 New Karner Rd at 2:30pm, Thursday, May 28 ***
Small-Business Leaders, Local Residents Lead Green Jobs Tour
Call on Congress to Pass Strong Clean Energy Jobs Bill to Jump-Start Job Creation in the Capital Region

Local small-business leaders and residents of NY’s Capital Region will host a tour of area clean energy businesses on Thursday, May 28 in order to drive home the point that investment in a clean energy economy will have quick economic benefits and create jobs here at home. During the tour, small-business leaders will speak to the potential for expansion of these businesses and further job creation, and encourage Representatives Tonko and Murphy to continue efforts to pass a strong clean energy jobs bill. In the past month, over 15,000 small business leaders have signed a pledge to support a clean energy economy.

The clean energy jobs bill, called the American Clean Energy and Security Act, is expected to come to a vote in the House of Representatives this summer. If a strong bill passes, it would create high-paying jobs here in the Capital Region, reduce electricity and heating costs for local households, and keep America competitive in the global economy, the group argues.

WHAT: Clean Energy Jobs Day—A Tour of the Capital Region Clean Energy Economy and Potential New Clean Energy Jobs
WHO: Small-business leaders, clean energy workers, and other MoveOn members
WHEN and WHERE:
- 2:30pm: the Nature Conservancy Pine Bush Preserve, 195 New Karner Rd, Albany (Colonie) 12205 (www.nature.org/), to view a Solar Photovoltaic (PV) array and monitoring system installed by Alteris
- 3:30pm: 196 Boght Rd Watervliet 12189 to view a Rooftop Solar PV array being installed by Renewable Power Systems
- 4:30pm: 20 Boght Rd Watervliet 12189 to view a Solar Hot Water Heater installed by Albany Renewable Solar Energy
Speakers include:
Laura Draiss of Albany Renewable Solar Energy albanysolarenergy.com
Dennis Phayre of Renewable Power Systems rpspower.com
Jim Devine of WindowTherm in Hoosick - www.windotherm.com
Scott Rakowski of Alteris alterisinc.com
Rodney Wilkshire of the Empire Solar store in Troy -www.empiresolarstore.com/
Doug Bullock, Albany County Legislature (other elected officials have been invited)
Free and Open to the Public; please sign up to attend at pol.moveon.org/event/jobsday/93765

Also: Post tour events, organized by the Apollo Alliance and Workforce Development Institute (www.wdiny.org/)
· 5:30pm: NYSUT, 800 Troy Schenectady Rd Latham 12110: Presentation on CDTA Clean Energy Program, then bus to the IBEW Joint Apprenticeship Training Center, 428 Old Niskayuna Road, Latham to tour the Solar PV installation
· 6:30pm: back to NYSUT, 800 Troy Schenectady Rd Latham for a light dinner and Community Forum/ Facilitated Planning Session (please register for this, Contact Adam Hilliard at WDI at 272-3500 X 107 or ahilliard (at) wdiny.org)

Also: a Columbia County MoveOn Clean Energy Jobs Day event will take place at 7pm at the Senior Center, Volunteer Park, 212 State Farm Rd, Valatie 12184. The event will include short presentations by a panel of local clean energy businesses and end users, followed by a round table discussion of roadblocks and next steps.
Panelists include:
Kinderhook Town Supervisor Doug McGivney
SunDog Solar of Chatham
Camphill Village of Copake
Bateman Architects of Stuyvesant
AeroCity Inc. of Lake Katrine
Free and Open to the Public; please sign up to attend at pol.moveon.org/event/jobsday/93863 or call (518)754-6259

These meetings are part of a national organizing campaign to support a strong clean energy jobs bill, Power Up America. To learn more about the campaign, visit www.moveon.org.

MoveOn.org Political Action is a political action committee powered by 5 million progressive Americans. We believe in the power of small donors and grassroots action to elect progressive leaders to office and to advance a progressive agenda. We do not accept any donations over $5,000, and the average donation to MoveOn.org Political Action is under $100.
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