PA DEP Secretary Receives National Award for Litter Prevention, Beautification Efforts
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 8  /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty today received Keep America Beautiful's Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Award, the highest award given to women volunteers.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 1  /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today said small businesses in Pennsylvania will be better able to become more energy efficient and help improve air quality with new state grants totaling more than $185,000.
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Widely regarded as the father digital color management, Bruce Fraser has been named as the recipient of the first National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Saving an elderly woman whose clothing was on fire earned a mail carrier Hero of the Year honors Thursday, while others were praised for assisting a police officer, rescuing a baby from traffic and aiding an elderly man.
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By Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Feb. 19--The Mower County Soil and Water Conservation District was  granted the District Excellence Award for 2006 at the National Association of  Conservation Districts annual convention earlier this month in Los Angeles.
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By Lisa Wangsness and Beth Daley, The Boston Globe  Mar. 5--As a gubernatorial candidate last year, Deval Patrick delighted  environmentalists with a pledge to spend an extra $10 million his first year  in office to begin fixing the state's long-neglected parks system.
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Washington, Dec 14 (PTI) US President George W Bush has nominated Micheal Leavitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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By Heather J. Carlson, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 2--Three area teenagers are being honored with an award and scholarships by the U.S. State Department for their work on a Web site.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8  /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named a thirty-one-year veteran of Minnesota state and local government as its Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations.  The agency announced today that Randy Kelly, former mayor of St.
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Former Swedish Prime Minister Gran Persson has been awarded the tenth annual Sofie prize for his environmental efforts.Comment
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By Shirley Downing downing@yourappealcom  Lakeland city forester Eric Bridges has received the Government Employee of the Year award from the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council.  The presentation was made this month at the 15th annual state forestry conference in Nashville.
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President Bush has nominated EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt to replace Tommy Thompson as Health and Human Services secretary. Before joining the Environmental Protection Agency, Leavitt, 53, was governor of
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 11--The North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society recognized eight wildlife professionals, a nonprofit corporation and five students during its annual awards banquet Thursday in Mandan, N.D.
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By WILLIAM LAMB, STAFF WRITER  The Record's investigative series into the dumping of toxic paint sludge in Passaic and Bergen counties by the Ford Motor Co. has won the inaugural Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment.
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By Anonymous  Pennsylvania dairy farms are invited to apply for this year's Dairy of Distinction award from the Northeast Dairy Farm Beautification Program. Applications are due by April 14.
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The United States Postal Service will begin using packaging made with recycled materials and take other steps to reduce its impact on the environment, Postmaster General John Potter said on Wednesday.
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By Patrick Lester, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 15--The federal government has announced plans for an estimated $19 million cleanup of a Berks County toxic waste site nearly 25 years after a potentially cancer-causing chemical was found in drinking water there.