Mission

To inform and mobilize about carbon pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, global warming and environmental destruction; and to propose, facilitate and advocate for solutions including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development, renewable energy and technologies, green buildings, energy efficiency, conservation, and other related initiatives in the New York metropolitan region.

NYCR Activities:

New York Climate Rescue is involved in a wide range of activities including:  

• Speaking engagements with decision-makers and local citizen groups to educate and inform these constituencies about climate change and the urgent need for New York to start on solving the problem.

• Lobbying on behalf of legislative/regulatory initiatives dealing with “greenhouse gas” emissions.

• Develop and promote innovative solutions for the city which will address its specific needs, problems, and infrastructure. 

• Publicize and mobilize around existing initiatives.

• Research and reconfigure innovative solutions developed in other municipalities for implementation in New York City.  (E.g. San Francisco’s “Vote Solar” bond initiative.)

• Use the city’s stature to publicize successes so that other municipalities and governments can replicate solutions developed here.

• Coordinate with other groups working on this issue to help increase the impact of individual and groups actions.

We invite you to join us!! 

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NYCR Board of Directors: 

Marc Brammer  

As Executive Director of New York Climate Rescue, Mr. Brammer is committed to climate change advocacy and policy analysis.  As a Director of Research with Innovest Strategic Value Advisors in New York, he has authored a number of reports on corporate accountability and environmental policy, including “Monsanto and Genetic Engineering: Risks for Investors”, “The Stuart Oil Shale Project: Implications of Carbon Emissions Constraints for Suncor Shareholders”, and “Dow Chemical: Risks for Investors”  (Available at www.innovestgroup.com) Mr. Brammer holds a Masters degree in Political Science from the Graduate Faculty of the New School University. He is a member of the Green House Network Speakers Group on global warming and has spoken on climate change and corporate accountability at NYU, Columbia University, the Pratt Institute, and The Center for Sustainable Energy at Bronx Community College. 

Stephen Filler, Esq. 

Stephen Filler  is an attorney with sixteen years experience.  He serves as legal advisor to the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition, an organization of more than fifty non-profits and citizens groups committed to closing the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Westchester County, New York.  As a member of the Greenhouse Network Speakers Group, he writes and speaks frequently on legal, technology and environmental issues.  He founded the New York County Lawyers' Association Committee on Global Warming.

Stephanie Low.   

Stephanie Low is the president of Stephanie Low Artists Inc. , is active in the Women's Leadership Forum, the Women's Vote Center , International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), Greenpeace, Moveon.org, People For the American Way, True Majority, and Responsible Wealth. 

Executive Director: Marc Brammer

NYCR Board of Advisors: 

NYCR advisors provide New York Climate Rescue with expertise regarding scientific information and policy analysis. Advisors do not necessary endorse NYCR actions, statements or positions.

Ross Gelbspan.  

A journalist for more than 31 years and recognized expert on global climate change.  Author of numerous books and articles on global warming including  "Boiling Point: How Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled the Climate Crisis-- and What We Can Do to Avert Disaster" and “The Heat Is On: The High Stakes Battle Over Earth’s Threatened Climate. Gelbspan has spoken on global warming on numerous radio and television interviews, including "Nightline," "All Things Considered" and "Talk of the Nation."  In February, 1998, he addressed government ministers and leaders of multi-national corporations at World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Over the course of his career, he worked at The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post, the Village Voice, Scripps Howard, where he was a national news editor, and The Boston Globe. He has also taught at the Columbia University School of Journalism.

Ashok Gupta. 

Senior Energy Economist for Natural Resources Defense. Leads NRDC's work on energy-related issues in the Northeast, including electric utility restructuring, climate change, energy efficiency, renewables, transportation, sustainable building design, and low-income energy issues. Prior to joining NRDC in 1991, Ashok worked with New York City's Department of Telecommunications and Energy. He has a bachelor's degree in physics and math from Georgetown University and a master's degree in economics from American University.

Gail Karlsson, Esq.  

New York City environmental lawyer specializing in international environmental law, energy policy, waste management and land use planning.  Consultant to the UN Development Programme on energy policy, sustainable development and the global environment. Participant in all the sessions of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development Representative of the U.S. Citizens Network for Sustainable Development.  Involved with the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York, serving on working group concerning Green Buildings and Sustainable Systems.  She began her legal career in 1980 with the U.S EPA and later practiced with the law firm of Lord Day Lord, Barrett Smith. She has written extensively about environmental protection and sustainable development.

Peter Mandelstam.  

President, Arcadia Wind Power, Ltd. Since 1997, he served on the Board of Directors of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). In 1998 he founded and still co-chairs AWEA's Wind Power New York (WPNY) and AWEA's Northeast Initiative. As a leader in the wind power industry, Mr. Mandelstam has been actively involved in several state legislative campaigns, including state funding for wind projects and Renewables Portfolio Standards (RPS), which set goals to meet a percentage of the state's power needs with renewable energy. He was also a strong, successful advocate for the two extensions of the Federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC).

Dan Rosenblum, Esq. 

Senior Attorney, Pace Law School Energy Project. Dan Rosenblum recently rejoined the Energy Project after spending four years as Senior Attorney with the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest, where he specialized in electric industry restructuring policy, transmission issues, nuclear safety and economics issues, and reducing pollution from coal- fired power plants. Mr. Rosenblum has been actively engaged in utility litigation and regulation since 1977. He founded and directed the Mid-Atlantic Energy Project (MAEP) (which was later integrated into the Pace Energy Project) and dealt with energy issues in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mr. Rosenblum also was actively involved in the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Management (NESCAUM) process for development of a regional NOx emissions trading program.  Mr. Rosenblum was recruited to lead MAEP based on his extensive expertise on energy and telecommunications issues in New York State, first litigating cases before the New York Public Services Commission, and then serving as Executive Assistant to the Chairman. Prior to this, he served as a member of the Illinois Commerce Commission and a member of the National Association of Regulatory Commissioner's Committee on Energy Conservation.

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig.  

Dr. Rosenzweig is a Research Scientist at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies, where she is leader of the Climate Impacts Group. She is an Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at the Columbia University Earth Institute and an Adjunct Professor at Barnard College. She earned degrees from Rutgers University and the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Rosenzweig's research focuses on the potential impacts of environmental change, including increasing carbon dioxide, global warming, and El Nino, on regional, national, and global scales.  Dr. Rosenzweig is currently leading the Metropolitan East Coast Region for the U.S. National Assessment of Climate Variability and Change. She is also the Principal Investigator of a NASA Interdisciplinary Science Team on the Impacts of Climatic Variability on AgroEcosystems and recently led an interdisciplinary study for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security with participating scientists in 25 countries.   She is the co-author with Daniel Hillel of Climate Change and the Global Harvest: Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture, published in 1998 by Oxford University Press.

Arianne Van Buren, PhD., 

Arianne Van Buren is the Senior Manager, Investor Outreach for The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), the leading U.S. coalition of environmental, investor, and advocacy groups working together for a sustainable future.