Partnerships and Stewardship News ADVISORY (Region 2): EPA and Columbia University, Mark 40 Years of Environmental Protection With Free Public Conference

 

EPA and Columbia University, Mark 40 Years of Environmental Protection

With Free Public Conference

 

Contacts:         Jennifer May-EPA, (646) 369-0039, may.jennifer@epa.gov

                        Kevin Krajick-Columbia, (212) 854-9729, kkrajick@ei.columbia.edu

 

(New York, N.Y. – April 14, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Earth Institute, Columbia University present "The Path to a Sustainable Future: Public Health and the Environment," a day-long conference to mark 40 years of environmental protection.  Topics of the conference include public health, with a keynote plenary from noted author Sandra Steingraber; smart growth; waste management; PCBs in schools; air quality, and other current issues.  Admission is free.  The public can register at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/calendar.  Media can register by emailing Kevin Krajick at kkrajick@ei.columbia.edu.

 

WHO:              Judith A. Enck, EPA Region 2 Regional Administrator

                        Steven A. Cohen, Executive Director, The Earth Institute

Joe Martens, Commissioner, NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation

Sandra Steingraber, Ecologist, Author, Public Speaker

Joseph Heath, General Counsel, Onondaga Nation

John Holko, President, Lenape Resources, Inc.

And other distinguished speakers

 

WHAT:           EPA and the Earth Institute, Columbia University co-host a day-long conference to mark 40 years of environmental protection. Register at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/calendar.

 

WHEN:           Friday, April 15, 2011 from 9:45 am – 5:00 pm

 

            WHERE:         Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda
                                    2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6900

 

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