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ADVISORY/South Coast Air Quality Management District Chairman William Burke Will Head Up a News Conference to Announce the Winners of the 12th Annual Clean Air Awards

23 October 2000

ADVISORY/South Coast Air Quality Management District Chairman William Burke Will Head Up a News Conference to Announce the Winners of the 12th Annual Clean Air Awards

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Who & What:   South Coast Air Quality Management
              District Chairman William Burke will head
              up a news conference to announce the
              winners of the 12th Annual Clean Air
              Awards. A showcase of "air-friendly"
              technologies will surround the news
              conference, which will be followed
              immediately by the 12th Clean Air Awards
              luncheon.

When & Where:  10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 25
               Pershing Square, Downtown Los Angeles

Details:

--   AQMD will announce this year's leading companies, communities,
     and individuals who have worked to make Southern California's air
     cleaner. AQMD Governing Board members and this year's award
     winners will arrive in Pershing Square on a school bus outfitted
     with a device that filters out diesel soot from the exhaust.

--   The press conference will showcase a number of the "air friendly"
     technologies and consumer products -- such as cars, clean paints,
     propane grills, and electric bicycles -- that are reducing
     pollution in the Southland. Exhibits on the winners also will be
     featured.

--   A group of environmentally concerned students from high schools
     in the Southland will be attending, including several who have
     built their own electric cars, which will be on display. One
     student will speak on the importance of clean air programs.

--   Following the press conference, the media is invited to attend
     the Clean Air Awards Luncheon across the street at the Biltmore
     Hotel on a complimentary basis. Call Bill Kelly at 909/396-3456
     to RSVP.