DATE: 11 a.m. May 23, 2007.

EVENT: University of Michigan researchers will hold a telephone press briefing to release their new report on strategies that Michigan can employ to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions while improving the state?s economy and creating jobs. The report: Michigan at a Climate Crossroads: Strategies for Guiding the State in a Carbon-Constrained World Project.

The briefing will immediately follow the researchers? testimony before the state House Energy and Technology Committee in Lansing.

PHONE: 800-311-9405. Passcode: Climate1

PARTICIPANTS: Rosina M. Bierbaum, dean and professor, U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment; Gregory A. Keoleian, co-director of the Center for Sustainable Systems and professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment; and Jim Sygo, deputy director, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Members of the student research team will also be available to answer questions about the report.