For Immediate Release
Media Contacts:
Bill Beren, NJSC Gateway Group | 862-283-8754 | beren1@verizon.net
David Korfhage, Montclair Climate Action | 973-572-6988 |drkorfhage@gmail.com
Rev. Ronald B. Tuff , Greenfaith | 973-417-1487 | revtuff@greenfaith.org
Bill Finsilver, BMW of Bloomfield | 973-780-9601
Montclair Drive Electric Event hosted by Sierra Club, Montclair Climate Action & GreenFaith
On Saturday, April 24 from 1-4 PM, the Sierra Club, Montclair Climate Action, and GreenFaith will host a Drive Electric Earth Day 2022 event in the Lackawanna Plaza Parking lot, corner of Bloomfield Ave & Grove St. Attached is a flyer describing the event.
Drive Electric events are held across America, and are sponsored locally by civic and environmental groups. The events offer the public an opportunity to see electric vehicles and talk to their owners about their personal experiences with electric cars.
Electric cars are classified as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) because they emit no tailpipe emissions. Replacing gas and diesel powered vehicles with all electric cars, trucks and buses is the best way to reduce greenhouse gasses that cause global warming. According to the NJDEP, 42% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the state derive from the transportation sector.
ZEV vehicles also eliminate smog causing pollutants. This is particularly critical in urbanized North Jersey, where auto and truck pollution results in high levels of asthma in children and adults.
There will be approximately 10 privately owned electric vehicles on display, including models from BMW, Tesla, Chevrolet, MiniCooper, Ford, Hyundai, and others, as well as an electric bicycle. BMW of Bloomfield will also have two of their electric models on display.
Information on grants, tax breaks and charging stations will be available.
In addition, an ice cream truck and fire engine provided by the Montclair Fire Department will be on site to help entertain children while their parents car shop.
Sierra Club is a leading national environmental organization. The Gateway Group represents club members who reside in Essex County.
Montclair Climate Action is a local environmental organization which seeks to achieve greenhouse gases reduction and climate change adaptation by the government and residents of the township of Montclair through organizing, education, outreach, and lobbying.
Greenfaith is a worldwide, multi-faith climate and environmental movement with partners around the globe.
About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information about our work in New Jersey, visit www.sierraclub.org/new-jersey.