Gillibrand talks clean energy during Beta Technologies visit

It’s all blue skies ahead for the North Country

PLATTSBURGH — It’s all blue skies ahead for the North Country.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, joined by Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden and White House Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, toured Plattsburgh’s Beta Technologies Friday to get an up close look at the work being done by the leading electric aerospace manufacturer.

Creative Incentives

Gillibrand is committed to bringing clean electric infrastructure to the North Country and her visit with Landrieu will help support federal infrastructure investment throughout the region.

“What we’re doing here today is creating incentives for the private sectors to help build a clean energy economy with some massive public investments,” Landrieu said during a brief press conference after their tour Friday.

“When the private and public sector work together, we can boost domestic manufacturing, diversify our workforce, and strengthen our supply chains. We can build a better and smarter clean energy economy.”

How to Innovate

Gillibrand told Landrieu his visit was essential because he got to see firsthand why electric infrastructure in airports is needed up and down the country and throughout the entire economy.

“This (also) shows another vision about how to innovate transportation for lots of applications like medical use, for emergency applications, as well as military uses and delivery uses,” the senator said.

“We saw a lot of challenges with our supply chain during COVID, and so understanding how we can fix those supply chain problems ourselves with made in America here, in the United States here, and in Upstate New York is pretty exciting.”

Massive Infrastructure Asset

Clark also said their electric aircrafts will look to cut costs, create jobs and give rural communities the opportunity to make connections globally.

“There’s a massive infrastructure asset that is underutilized. It’s the 4,300 airports across the United States that connect these communities for critical things like medical and for practical things like industrial that are underutilized and it’s because the cost of aviation is just a little bit out of reach,” Clark said.

Green Economy ‘Not a Fad’

Cashman shared that he believes the community knows that the green economy is the wave of the future.

“Beta knows that. It is not a fad,” he said.

“It is companies like Beta that will take our local economy and our national economy to new heights. So we look forward to the growth and the direction that you’re taking us in.”

Jones similarly said “this is the future.”

“We saw this many years ago, and now it’s paying dividends,” he said.

“It will for many years to come for our area and for the state and quite frankly, the country.”

Henry said “To see it grow to what it is here today, and what the plans are for the future, and to kind of have been in on that at the beginning, and to see where we are now, is really exciting for this county, for our area, for all of us.”

“The future of aviation is here. It’s here in Clinton County. It’s here in Plattsburgh. It is here with Beta.”

SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

1. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

   • Target 7.2: By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
   • Indicator: The article mentions the investment in renewable energies and infrastructure for electric vehicles, which aligns with the target of increasing the share of renewable energy.

2. SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

   • Target 9.4: By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes.
   • Indicator: The article discusses the need for electric infrastructure in airports and the innovation in transportation for various applications. This aligns with the target of upgrading infrastructure and adopting clean technologies.

3. SDG 13: Climate Action

   • Target 13.2: Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies, and planning.
   • Indicator: The article mentions the need to address carbon emissions in the aerospace industry and highlights the importance of sustainable transportation. This aligns with the target of integrating climate change measures into planning and policies.

Table: SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

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