Environmental Lawyer Matthew Pawa to be Keynote Speaker at Clean Power Now's Annual Meeting

Environmental Attorney Matthew Pawa Keynote Speaker at Clean Power Now Annual Meeting on August 14 in Hyannis

Cape Air President and CEO, Dan Wolf, honored as Distinguished Community Leader

HYANNIS - Dan Wolf, Jim Gordon and environmental attorney Matthew Pawa will attend the 5th Clean Power Now Annual Meeting being held on August 14th from 6pm to 8pm at the Hyannis Golf Course Function Room on Route 132 in Hyannis.

Read about Mr. Pawa's environmental work here in "Why this tiny Alaskan village's fate is important to Cape Cod" by Walter Brooks.

For more information about Mr. Pawa and his firm, visit his website here.

The annual meeting will consist of a short business meeting, the key note speaker address by attorney Matthew Pawa and an awards ceremony. Clean Power Now will present Dan Wolf, President and CEO of Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines, with the 2008 CPN Distinguished Community Leader Award.   Cape Wind President Jim Gordon is expected to give a brief update on the project.

Clean Power Now's Annual Meeting is open to the public.  Light refreshments will be served with a cash bar.

To reserve your spot, please call the Clean Power Now office at (508) 775-7796 or email Sarah Greenberg.

To find out more about Clean Power Now, its new "The Vision" cable access series, or to support Clean Power Now, contact Clean Power Now at (508) 775-7796, write to PO Box 2717, Hyannis, MA 02601, or check out the website.

About the Keynote Speaker: Attorney Matthew Pawa from Newton is a litigation attorney who has represented governments, non-profit groups, citizens and small businesses in a wide range of environmental cases. He developed the July 2004 global warming case against five major power companies that emit large quantities of greenhouse gases. He is currently representing national NGO's as intervenors in the auto industry suit against California's automobile greenhouse gas laws. More information about Mr. Pawa and his firm is available at www.pawalaw.com.

About Clean Power Now: Clean Power Now is a non-profit organization that informs and empowers citizens to support viable renewable energy projects and policies and to secure their local and regional benefits.

Clean Power Now believes that timely development of such projects, in conjunction with energy efficiency and conservation, will bring about a clean and healthy environment, an improved economy and a more secure, sustainable America. Clean Power's immediate focus is to increase citizen support of offshore wind power in Nantucket Sound.

Release courtesy of Clean Power Now.