National Press Club to Host Newsmaker Panel Discussion on Earthday: Protecting the...

National Press Club to Host Newsmaker Panel Discussion on Earthday: Protecting
the Environment in Cities, the U.S., and the World

WASHINGTON, April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued
by the National Press Club:

National Press Club

April 22, 2008
10 a.m. Lisagor Meeting Room

Newsmaker Panel Discussion on

Earthday: Protecting the Environment in Cities, the U.S., and the World

Ben Grumbles, assistant administrator for water at the Environmental
Protection Agency, will discuss Green Transportation, a single term for lots
of different ways that cities can design roads, paved lots, etc. to prevent
storm water run off. Some cities, like Portland, Ore., have embraced these
strategies and cut storm water run off by more than 60 percent.

Richard J. Baier, the director of transportation and environmental services
for Alexandria, Va., will discuss that city's recent inventory of "green"
projects and the plans to make Alexandria "go green."

Marisa Vertress, an environmental policy analyst and social justice minister
at St. Charles Borromeo church in Clarendon, Va., will discuss efforts various
faith groups are making to protect the environment. For example, churches are
reducing the energy they use to fund solar panels in African villages without
electricity.

Moderator: Pat Rizzuto, chemicals reporter, BNA Inc.'s Daily Environment
Report

SOURCE National Press Club

Pat Rizzuto of BNA Inc., +1-703-341-3741, prizzuto@bna.com