New Report to Estimate Job Potential in New Jersey from Clean Energy

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeff Tittel September 5, 2008 (609) 558-9100

New Report Estimates Job Potential in New Jersey from Clean Energy

Trenton, NJ - Environmentalists and labor leaders will hold a press conference to release a new report estimating the number and type of jobs that could be created in New Jersey and nationwide by investing in clean energy. The report was prepared by the Center for American Progress and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Who: Jeff Tittel, New Jersey Sierra Club

                        Rick Engler, New Jersey Work Environment Council

                        Dena Mottola Jaborska, Environment New Jersey

               John Pajak, oil refinery worker and member of Teamsters Tocal 877

                        John Shinn, United Steelworkers (invited)

                        Senator Robert Menendez (invited)

When: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 12:00 p.m.

Where: Committee Room 3, State House Annex, Trenton

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Becca Glenn, Program Assistant New Jersey Sierra Club

145 W. Hanover Street Trenton, NJ 08618

609-656-7612: phone

609-656-7618: fax

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