County is Presented Environmental Award: The Institute for the Advancement of Children's Environmental Health Recognizes Strides Made in Berks County.
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By Darrin Youker, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Jun. 23--The Institute for the Advancement of Children's Environmental Health, which created a national award to honor people making a difference in children's health, presented the first one to Berks County residents and commissioners.   The Dr.
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The West Virginia Sustainable Communities project and the School Recycling Program are sponsoring a series of recycling drives in Fayette County.   Aluminum cans may be dropped off in the designated area of the schools' parking lot.
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By Dan Hartzell, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 8--Time may be running out for the relatively low trash-collection bills enjoyed by Upper Macungie Township residents.   At the supervisors meeting Thursday night, Supervisor Chairman Porter E.
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By Paul Muschick, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 12--Northampton County Council will be asked to approve four open space preservation projects totaling about 380 acres at a cost of about $792,000.
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By Daily Record Staff  Recognized for her environmental stewardship and commitment to renewable energy resource development, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks was awarded the Frank E. VanLare Award from the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA).
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Women of childbearing age in Westmoreland County will be asked to participate in a ground-breaking examination of the effects of environmental, genetic, social and physical
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By Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 13--Columbus Water Works received two prestigious national awards Monday at the meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners.
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By Russell Clemings, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 19--Major development projects in Madera County's Rio Mesa area are nearing milestones with the county Board of Supervisors expected to cast votes on the fates of several within the next year.
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By Julian Walker, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Mar. 8--Chesterfield County is one step ahead of the State Water Control Board.
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By Allyson Bond, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 17--RANDOLPH COUNTY -- A rare species of flower will remain in its natural habitat in RandolphCounty.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 13--Warnings about eating fish contaminated with toxic chemicals have been extended upstream from Lake Crabtree County Park along Crabtree Creek in Wake County to Cedar Fork District Park in Morrisville.
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By Rick Steelhammer  rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com  Plans to relocate the sewage plant serving Pocahontas County's largest development onto the grounds of one of its smallest and oldest tourist stops came a step closer to becoming a reality on Wednesday.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Mar. 5--Three Benton County sites that long have been known to be contaminated are now on a state Department of Ecology list of hazardous sites planned for cleanup.   The Benton City Maintenance Yard, Chevron Chemical Co.
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By John Reid Blackwell  Eight Virginia companies won Governor's Environmental Excellence awards yesterday for environmental stewardship and conservation efforts at their operations.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 25--Union County's biggest sewer plant, already strained by record growth, has been fined for environmental problems far more times in recent years than any other similar size plant in the Charlotte region, according to state records.
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By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 6--A nonprofit group seeking to create a heritage trail network along a 40-mile stretch of the Susquehanna River in Harford and Cecil counties has received a federal grant intended to help get the project started.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 19--Nature would be treated with a gentler hand when some of the remaining rural areas of Douglas County are developed, under policies up for approval by the county.