August 19, 2018 Media, Press Releases

SEAN CASTEN & ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES CALL ON EPA ADMIN. WHEELER TO CHANGE COURSE

Sean Casten, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Labor & Environmental Advocates, and EPA Employees Demand Wheeler Break from Anti-Environmental Policies of Trump & Pruitt

TOMORROW, August, 20 2018Tomorrow, Sixth District Congressional Democratic Candidate Sean Casten will join other friends of the environment to demand EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, who will be in Chicago for the day, break from the anti-environmental policies of former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. Casten will highlight why the Trump administration needs an independent check in congress, and not a pro-pollution yes-man like incumbent Republican Congressman Peter Roskam.

WHO: Rep. Jan Schakowsky; Sean Casten, Sixth District Congressional Candidate; Representatives from Chicago Federation of Labor; Environmental Protection Agency employees’ union American Federation of Government Employees Local 704; Sierra Club Illinois; Illinois Environmental Council

WHAT: Press conference to demand that new EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, briefly visiting the Chicago EPA offices, take immediate action to protect the EPA and our Environment

WHEN: TOMORROW, Monday, August, 2018 – 10:00am CT

WHERE: Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn, Chicago, IL

RSVP: Credentialed media who plan to attend should RSVP to Greg Bales at 312-890-2176 or [email protected] or Joanna Klonsky at 312-307-0840 or [email protected]