Twenty community leaders got together Monday in State College to express their concern and frustration with lack of action on climate change by the President as well as Administration officials charged with protecting clean air and public health, not to mention Congress.

"This administration has taken tangible steps toward reducing our ballooning contributions to climate change by increasing fuel efficiency and tailpipe pollution standards.  While these steps are important, much more needs to be done," said Cricket Hunter, a parent and Director of Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light. 

"President Obama should be commended for his clear statements about climate change, and his stated commitment to action, but he has yet to take action to cut industrial carbon pollution from power plants. People of all faiths recognize that climate change threatens both people and planet, and that caring for Creation also means caring for the most vulnerable people: those who are hurt first and worst by climate disruption."

Following a deadly and costly year of extreme weather events in 2012, where Americans watched climate change happen right before their own eyes, including right here in State College, Pennsylvania, many in attendance at todays press conference say policy makers should now be crystal clear on their marching orders.

“The President and other leaders in Washington need to quickly move forward with a climate solution that:  protects health; creates jobs; secures our energy future through clean energy investments; and, most importantly, reduces the threat of catastrophic climate change,” says Steve Sywensky, owner of the popular Fly Fishers Paradise in State College. 

“Developing a Carbon Pollution Standard that will effectively limit and reduce the dangerous industrial carbon pollution that causes climate change needs to be a top priority for the President, the EPA and Congress.” 

For more information contact Ed Perry, Pennsylvania Outreach Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation, State College by sending email to: paglobalwarmingoutreach@gmail.com or call 814-880-9593.

6/17/2013