Clean Air Leaders To Preview EPA Hearings On Historic Climate Pollution Plan, GFA To Release Poll Findings On Communities Of Color & Climate Change

National telephone press conference to focus on public hearings in Atlanta, Denver, Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh on the proposed first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants

News provided by

Natural Resources Defense Council; Environment America; National Wildlife Federation; Sierra Club; Green for All

Jul 25, 2014, 10:00 ET

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With historic public hearings fast approaching, clean air leaders will hold a national telephone press conference on July 28, 2014 discussing benefits from the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan on public health, wildlife, jobs and the climate. Green For All will reveal the results of a poll on how African American, Latino and Asian likely voters from key battleground states (FL, GA, MI, NV, NC, OH, TX, and VA) view climate change and carbon pollution standards.

In June, the EPA proposed the first-ever carbon pollution standards for the nation's existing power plants. The standards will help ensure that power plants are no longer allowed to dump unlimited amounts of carbon pollution, the main cause of climate change, into our air. Climate change is already putting American's health at risk by contributing to more extreme weather events and worse air quality.

The EPA is holding daylong public hearings on the climate action proposal July 29 & 30 in Denver, Atlanta and Washington, D.C.; and on July 30 and August 1 in Pittsburgh.

WHO:

Frances Beinecke, president, Natural Resources Defense Council
Margie Alt, executive director, Environment America
Collin O'Mara, president and CEO, National Wildlife Federation
Michael Brune, executive director, Sierra Club
Nikki Silvestri, executive director, Green for All
Cornell Belcher, founder, Brilliant Corners

WHEN:
11:30 a.m. Eastern/8:30 a.m. Pacific, Monday, July 28, 2014.

WHERE:
Live phone-based news event with full, two-way Q&A.

TO PARTICIPATE:
Reporters may join the phone-based news conference by dialing 1-877- 418-4267 at 11:30 a.m. EDT/8:30 a.m. PDT. Ask for the "EPA hearing preview" news event.

CAN'T PARTICIPATE?:
A streaming audio replay of the news event will be available at 5 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. PDT on July 1, 2014 at http://www.nrdc.org.

SOURCE Natural Resources Defense Council; Environment America; National Wildlife Federation; Sierra Club; Green for All