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World Environment Day
Shut Down the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Helia Rasti 650-520-4363 (cell),
Campaign to Shut Down the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant


Activists drop banners to highlight the City of San Francisco’s Dirty Secret; the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant!

Wednesday June 1st 2005 7am

SAN FRANCISCO-As San Francisco City officials prepare for the official World Environment Day and Mayors from around the world enter the city, the Campaign to Shut Down the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant is planning to welcome the mayors with a series of banner drops. The banners displaying messages such as “San Francisco’s Dirty Secret” and “Shut Down the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant” will begin early morning at freeway over passes and continue mid morning on buildings throughout the city to highlight San Francisco’s “Green Cities” hypocrisy.

"We are seizing this opportunity to raise awareness of environmental injustice in Bayview Hunters Point and highlight the hypocrisy of San Francisco posing as a leading "Green City" while we have one of the oldest, dirtiest, fossil fuel burning power plants in the United States", stated Lori Hurlebaus from the Campaign to Shut Down the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant.

During the early morning rush hour banners will be dropped in a series of locations as mayors from around the world enter the city of San Francisco from San Francisco International Airport. The banners will be dropped at the following locations:

 Holladay Ave & Faith St.

 Utah St. & 18th St.

 Bayshore & 3rd St.

 23rd St. & Vermont St.

 Silver & San Bruno Ave.

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