***MEDIA ADVISORY***

ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF TMI CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT, COMMUNITY LEADERS SAY ‘THE CLOCK IS TICKING’ ON A SOLUTION TO SAVE 675 LOCAL JOBS, MAINTAIN GRID RESILIENCY & PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT 

Local Leaders to Gather on City Island Wednesday to Call for Action from Lawmakers and Fight for Jobs

WHAT:

Members of the Clean Jobs for Pennsylvania coalition, including small business owners, labor leaders and local elected officials, will gather in Harrisburg to implore PA lawmakers to find creative solutions to keep Three Mile Island and the state's four other nuclear energy plants operating. The event comes on the one-year anniversary of the announcement that Three Mile Island will be closed prematurely in September 2019 unless energy policy is changed to adequately compensate nuclear power for its environmental, economic and resiliency benefits.

Speakers will include:

Coalition Co-Chairs:

Mike Pries, Dauphin County Commissioner

Joe Gusler, President, Central Pa. Building & Construction Trades

Carol Hill-Evans, State Representative

Chris Reilly, York County Commissioner

Tom Mehaffie, State Representative

WHERE:

City Island, Harrisburg

East side of island, between boat dock and log cabin

(If raining, inside FNB Field)

WHEN:

1pm, Wednesday, May 30

YOUR COVERAGE IS WELCOME!