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</SPAN>Contact: Kalila Barnett <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B><SPAN
style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Community-Labor-Environmental
Coalition launches a green plan for boston and <SPAN
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style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Puts a new spin
on the economic & energy crisis.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Points out the
opportunity for quality jobs and resources for those hardest
hit.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">WHEN:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> Saturday December 6, 2008,
10:00 AM <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">WHERE: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Twelfth
Baptist Church, 150 Warren Street, Roxbury</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">, MA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">WHAT:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> Hundreds of supporters and
allies of the Boston Green Justice Coalition will gather at historic Twelfth
Baptist Church in Roxbury to inaugurate this exciting coalition. In addition
they will: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Release a study that
identifies opportunities to meet </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">the energy efficiency
needs in Boston’s low-income communities, many of them communities of
color;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Outline a comprehensive
“green justice” solution </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">that cuts energy costs,
retrofits area housing, and creates union jobs for community
residents.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Identify policy ideas
that </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">federal, state, and City
leaders can support to stem worsening local unemployment and increasing energy
costs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">On <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Saturday December 6</B>, union, community
and environmental leaders will launch <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Boston Green Justice Coalition</B>, a
campaign that addresses three critical needs: lowering heating costs for many of
Boston’s poorest residents, quality job creation for Boston residents and
cutting greenhouse gas emissions. <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
event will begin at <B>10:00 a.m.</B> at the <B>Twelfth Baptist Church, 150
Warren Street, Roxbury</B></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">,
MA.</B> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">The coalition is a unique
multi-sector initiative that is linking our region’s energy crisis to economic
development opportunities for all. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The
Boston Green Justice Coalition</B>, convened by Community Labor United<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">,</B> is a part of the national
<U>Apollo Alliance</U> that is coalition of business, labor, environmental, and
community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution in America to
reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, cut the carbon emissions that are
destabilizing our climate, and expand opportunities for American businesses and
workers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">WHO:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> Boston residents, union
members, religious leaders, community groups, labor unions, environmental
organizations<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">The campaign launch will be
followed by an Energy Fair organized by Massachusetts ACORN (Association of
Community Organizations for Reform Now) and Boston Climate Action Network, from
11 am to 3 pm. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Boston Green Justice
Coalition Members included: </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Alternatives
for Community & Environment (ACE), Association of Community Organizations
for Reform Now (ACORN), Boston Climate Action Network (BCAN), Chelsea
Collaborative, Clean Water Action<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Dudley
Street Neighborhood Initiative, MassCOSH, New England Council of Carpenters,
Painters & Allied Trades DC35<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Project
RIGHT, Institute for Human Centered Design, Boston Workers Alliance,</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Boston
Youth Environmental Network</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Chinese
Progressive Association, Massachusetts Energy, Mass. Interfaith Climate Action
Network</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Sheet
Metal Workers Local 17</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Urban
Ecology Institute</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">,
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Mass Green Alliance</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">,
</SPAN><SPAN
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Build Boston<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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