TODAY: PRESS CONFERENCE CALL Discuss Success of DOE’s Clean

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TODAY: PRESS CONFERENCE CALL Secretary Chu, Secretary LaHood, Colorado Governor Hickenlooper, St. Paul Mayor Coleman, Tucson Mayor Walkup to Discuss Success of DOE’s Clean Cities Program
Sec. Chu to also make funding announcement on electric vehicle infrastructure
WASHINGTON – Today, April, 19, 2011, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Mayor Chris Coleman of St. Paul, Minnesota and Mayor Bob Walkup of Tucson, Arizona will hold a media conference call to discuss the success of the Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program.

Sec. Chu will also announce a new round of funding to support President Obama’s goal of putting one million electric vehicles on the road in the U.S. by 2015.


WHO: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
Governor John Hickenlooper
Mayor Chris Coleman
Mayor Bob Walkup

WHEN: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
12 PM EST

HOW: For call-in information, interested media should RSVP to Ebony Meeks at ebony.meeks@hq.doe.gov

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