**MEDIA ADVISORY** McGovern to Host Congressional Youth Leaders to Discuss Climate Change and Renewable Energy in Massachusetts

Local High School Students to Join McGovern for Tour and Roundtable

Worcester, MA, September 11, 2015

Tomorrow, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) will host the second of a series of meetings with his 2015 Congressional Youth Cabinet at the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife in Westborough.

The Congressman and his Congressional Youth Cabinet will be treated to a presentation about, and tour of, the new Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife net zero field office and then participate in a roundtable discussion on the effects of climate change and the possibilities presented by renewable energy sources.

Open to all students in the Massachusetts Second Congressional District, the Congressman’s Congressional Youth Cabinet is comprised of local high school juniors nominated by their school districts to participate in this innovative program.  The Cabinet meets several times throughout the year to discuss topics chosen by the students.

Local high schools currently represented in Congressman McGovern’s youth cabinet are Leicester High School, North Brookfield High School, Abby Kelley Foster Charter School, Millbury High School, Bancroft School, Grafton High School, Worcester Technical High School, Doherty High School, South High School, Claremont Academy, Burncoat High School, University Campus Park School, Belchertown High School, Claremont Academy, Westboro High School, Mahar Regional High School, and Mahar Regional High School.

WHO:

  • Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02)
  • Massachusetts Division of Fisheries leaders
  • Local High School Students in 2015 Congressional Youth Cabinet

WHAT: Congressman McGovern’s Youth Cabinet Roundtable on Climate Change

WHERE: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA

WHEN: Tomorrow, September 12th at 9:00AM to 10:30AM

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