NJLCV: Elected Officials Join NJ Enviro Groups to Demand Fair Funding for EPA
Contacts:
Britta Wenzel, Save Barnegat Bay, 732-899-1124
Junior Romero, Food & Water Watch, 909-202-5961
Angie Delli Santi, NJ League of Conservation Voters, 609-575-0137
MEDIA ADVISORY: August 17 – Mantoloking
Elected Officials Join NJ Enviro Groups to Demand Fair Funding for EPA
Water, Air, Toxic Cleanup Programs Threatened by Proposed Fed Budget Cuts
MANTOLOKING, NJ – Elected officials, New Jersey environmental organizations, and concerned citizens will hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17, to oppose the proposed cuts to the budgets of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department. They will call on the House of Representatives to reject the budget unless it contains full and fair funding for the agencies that protect our health and environment.
The event will be held at Mantoloking Bridge Park, the base of the bridge wiped out in a breech caused by Superstorm Sandy five years ago.
WHO: U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, 10th District state Assemblyman David Wolfe, Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Stephen Reid, Brick Township Mayor John Ducey, Bay Head Mayor William Curtis, Lavallette Council President Anita Zalom, other elected officials, NJ environmental organizations, partners, friends
WHAT: Press conference to oppose proposed cuts to key federal environmental programs
WHEN: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 17
WHERE: Mantoloking Bridge County Park (Fishing Pier), 70 Herbert St., Brick, NJ 08723
VISUALS: Rebuilt bridge, breech on ocean side, children taking water samples
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