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EPA Administrator to Kick Off "Change a Light" Campaign As part of the Administration's Commitment to Saving Energy

Release Date: 10/04/2005
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(Washington, D.C. - October 4, 2005) EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson tomorrow will kick-off the EPA's annual "Energy Star Change a Light, Change the World Campaign."

By every U.S. household replacing one incandescent light bulb at home with one that has earned the Energy Star label, the country would save $600 million in energy bills, save enough energy to light 7 million homes, and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1 million cars.

WHAT: Launch of Energy Star Campaign

WHO: EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson

WHEN: 9 a.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005

WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center - Atrium Hall
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004

Broadcast media should come 20 minutes in advance of the news conference to set up.
Note to photographers and camera crews: "Change a Light" announcement includes a display of 100 traditional incandescent light fixtures and 100 equivalent-lumen Energy Star light fixtures. Behind the visual will be a plasma screen that is hooked up to a Watt Meter. Wild sound.