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1. Future Without Fossil Fuels
2. Call for Geo Installers in Peekskill
3. Climate Change & the Presidential Race
4. LAST IGSHPA AI Training Offered for Now

1. Future Without Fossil Fuels

Legislation introduced by State Senator Jen Metzger and Assembly Member Nily Rozic would ban the development of new natural gas plants and pipelines and direct state energy officials to create a plan for moving the electrical grid entirely off fossil fuels by 2040, according to the Daily News. The legislation is known as the "Freedom From Fossil Fuels Act," S5200 / A7479.

See the video of State Senator Harckham's endorsement.

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2. Call for Geo Installers in Peekskill

The Family Resource Center of Peekskill is looking to install geothermal heat pumps in small multifamily buildings—some retrofits, some new builds—located at the following addresses: 150, 158 and 164 North Division Street and 244 Washington Street in Peekskill.

Please contact Elizabeth McCorvey 914-384-6278, frcecm@aol.com to follow up on this opportunity. Peekskill is in Westchester County but outside the gas moratorium area.

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NYSERDA Ground Source Heat Pump video

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3. Climate Change and the Presidential Race

Bill McKibben writes in Politico on climate change and the presidential race. "For three decades in American politics, climate change has been the issue that wasn't," but that's not the case this time, so the question now is not whether the candidates are going to talk about global warming, but how.

Read more here.

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4. LAST IGSHPA AI Training Offered for Now

NY-GEO and IGSHPA are proud to announce the last Geothermal Accredited Installer training workshop this spring on May 14-16 in Farmingdale, Long Island, NY.

Fifty percent of the tuition will be paid by PSEG Long Island for NY workers, reducing the cost from $1200 to $600. AI certification is necessary to receive NYSERDA and PSEG rebates for your geothermal installations.

To register go to Farmingdale State College.

See IGSHPA Accredited Installer training for more information about Accredited Installer training.

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