MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Alex Steele 970-306-5280 alex@defendourfuture.org
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY HOSTS CLIMATE EVENT ON SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION
(Fort Collins, Co.) – On Thursday, April 14, Colorado State University and Defend Our Future will host a panel discussion featuring former Governor Bill Ritter, Environmental Defense Fund’s National Director of State Programs Dan Grossman, and Colorado State professor Dr. Ursula Quillmann about combating climate change. The panel, which will begin at 1:30 PM MDT, will discuss national and state climate policies like EPA’s Clean Power Plan, the first federal limits on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants. The panelists will highlight the great opportunity that sustainability and the Clean Power Plan present for Colorado’s economy. The event is part of a larger series hosted by Defend Our Future to empower millennials – like those at Colorado State – to drive action on climate change in their communities and their country.
WHO:
Governor Bill Ritter, Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy
(CNEE), Colorado State University
Dan Grossman, Rocky Mountain Regional Director, National Director of
State Programs, Environmental Defense Fund
Dr. Ursula Quillmann, Professor, Colorado State University
WHAT: Climate Change, the Clean Power Plan & Colorado
WHEN:
Thursday, April 14, 2016
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM MDT
WHERE:
Colorado State University
Lory Student Center, Room 324
Fort Collins, CO, 80523
Media interested in attending should contact Carly Coakley, 202-827-9671, carly@blueenginemedia.com.
About Defend Our Future
Defend Our Future, a campaign of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), is dedicated to empowering young people to lead the fight against climate change. We are building a movement to show our elected leaders that we aren’t just waiting for them to act on climate change – we are taking action ourselves, in our personal lives, in our communities and in our government. Learn more about us at www.defendourfuture.org.
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