Launch of National Campaign for Plug-In Hybrids; Learn How America Can Dramatically Reduce Its Gas Consumption, Dependence on Foreign Oil, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

--Plug-in Partners Coalition:

WHAT:       Media briefing hosted by Plug-in Partners Coalition
                        
            --  Find out why local governments, national policy
                organizations, utilities, and environmentalists are
                uniting behind the push for plug-in hybrid vehicles
                (electric-flex-fuel vehicles that can be recharged by
                plugging into electrical sockets);

            --  Hear how the Plug-in Partners campaign plans to create
                a compelling case for automakers to produce plug-in
                hybrid vehicles;

            --  Learn from some of the country's leading experts on
                national security, energy efficiency and plug-in
                hybrids about the merits of developing this next
                generation of hybrid vehicles.

WHEN:       Tuesday, January 24 @ 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. EST

WHERE:      National Press Club, Holeman Room
            529 14th St. NW; Washington, D.C.
WHO:

            --  Austin, Texas, Mayor Will Wynn

            --  Charles Fox, Deputy Secretary for New York Governor
                George Pataki for Energy and Environment

            --  James Woolsey, Former CIA Director and Founder, Set
                America Free

            --  Frank Gaffney, President, Center for National Security
                Policy

            --  Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy

            --  Alan Richardson, President & CEO, American Public
                Power Association

            --  Dr. Joseph Romm, Founder & Executive Director, Center
                for Energy and Climate Solutions

            --  Dr. Andy Frank, University of California-Davis, Expert
                on Plug-in Hybrids

LIVE
WEBCAST:    www.PlugInPartners.org  (9:30 a.m. EST)