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For more information contact: Erica Ringewald, 518-210-9903

New Report: Great Lakes Restoration And the Threat of Climate Change

ALBANY, NY (05/27/2008; 1130)(readMedia)-- Briefing for Journalists: 1-800-791-2345 CODE: 86351

WHEN: Wednesday, May 28, 2008

NOON Eastern; 11 AM Central

Journalists Dial: 1-800-791-2345 CODE: 86351

WHO: Don Scavia, University of Michigan

Jeff Skelding, Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition

WHAT: A new report synthesizes the latest peer-reviewed science on climate change impacts to the Great Lakes and examines how implementation of a $20 billion comprehensive restoration strategy can serve to mitigate the impacts of a warming climate.

The report comes as the impacts of climate change are already being observed in the Great Lakes—which hold nearly 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater—and as all three presidential contenders have pledged to both confront global warming and restore the Great Lakes.

Contact:

Erica Ringewald, Environmental Advocates of New York, (518) 210-9903; eringewald@eany.org,

Jordan Lubetkin, National Wildlife Federation, (734) 887-7109; lubetkin@nwf.org

Tracey McIntire, National Parks Conservation Association, (202) 454-3311, tmcintire@npca.org

Nora Ferrell, Valerie Denney Communications, (312) 408-2580 x 24, Nora@vdcom.com

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