Media Advisory: EPA Administrator Johnson to join Mayor Daley to announce Green Schools Challenge

WHO: Mayor Richard M. Daley has invited EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and Regional Administrator Mary A. Gade as special guests to Chicago’s Earth Day launch event.

WHAT: Administrator Johnson will make remarks and announce EPA’s new Green Schools Challenge, a regional program to teach children about the environment and help them apply what they learn to real-life situations in their schools and communities. EPA will present Chicago Public School students with a grant to help fund environmental actions.

WHERE: Daley Plaza, downtown Chicago

WHEN: Noon, Wednesday, April 18, 2007