Kira Costanza to Speak at Tuesday Press Conference on Solar in Philadelphia

For Immediate Release: Friday, March 5th, 2010

Contact: Nathan Willcox, PennEnvironment 215-732-5897, nwillcox@pennenvironment.org

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New Report to Outline Solar Energy Benefits - Local Solar Energy Success Stories & Technologies to be Highlighted at Release Event

What: PennEnvironment will join with solar power installers and labor leaders from the Philadelphia area to hold a press conference to release a new report highlighting the benefits of solar energy. The report, Building a Solar Future, outlines the potential of solar energy to power and heat homes, businesses, farms, neighborhoods and even our cars, enhancing energy security and reducing pollution. The report also identifies the obstacles to wider use of solar energy in Pennsylvania and the United States, and identifies a combination of policies that could boost solar enough to meet 10% of America’s energy needs by 2030. If any reporters would like an advance embargoed copy of the report, please send an email to nwillcox@pennenvironment.org.

When: Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 - 10:30am

Where: Next to the fountain in the center of Washington Square6th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia

Who:
Nathan Willcox, Energy & Clean Air Advocate, PennEnvironment
Mike Neill, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 98
Kira Costanza, Director of External Relations, SunPower Builders
Jude Webster, President and Owner, Solardelphia

Visuals: Solar panels will be on display at the event.

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PennEnvironment is an environmental advocacy organization with roughly 15,000 citizen members across Pennsylvania, which works to protect Pennsylvania’s air, water and open spaces. http://www.pennenvironment.org/