{Kentucky}...As Congress debates and adopts proposals to weaken federal Clear Air safeguards, a new review of the latest federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data identifies Kentucky as among the 20 states with the most toxic air pollution from electric power plants. The Natural Resources Defense Council and Physicians for Social Responsibility will hold a phone-based news conference at 11 a.m. EDT/10 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 to release the analysis and the ranking of the “Toxic 20” states.
The “Toxic 20’’states to be highlighted are (in alphabetical order): Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is wrapping up the public comment period for the Mercury and Air Toxics standards for power plants. Meanwhile, some members of Congress are working to block or delay the clean-up efforts. Two House Committees votes last week to delay these safeguards. Those bills are headed to the House floor in the coming days.
WHO:
Dan Lashof, climate center director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Lynn Ringenberg, a practicing pediatric MD and member of Physicians for Social
Responsibility
WHEN: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
TIME: 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time/10 a.m. Central Daylight Time
CALL-IN INFORMATION: Join the live, phone-based Kentucky news conference (with full,
two-way Q&A) at 11 a.m. EDT/10 a.m. CDT Wednesday, July 20, 2011, by dialing (800)
860-2442. Ask for the “Toxic 20” news event.
CAN’T PARTICIPATE?: A streaming audio replay of the Kentucky news event will be
available on the Web at http://www.nrdc.org/ as of 3 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. CDT on
Wednesday, July 20, 2011.
