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Winners Of Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence, Awards Gala April 28
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The Pennsylvania Environmental Council has announced the award ceremonies for this year’s recipients of the 2011 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence will take place at an awards gala on April 28 in Harrisburg.
The Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence are presented each year by the Department of Environmental Protection to highlight the best in environmental innovation and expertise throughout the Commonwealth.
The awards are the highest statewide honor bestowed upon businesses and organizations for environmental performance and innovation from cleaning up watersheds, saving energy, and eliminating pollution, to reducing waste and more.
The recipients will be honored at a dinner on April 28 at the Hilton Harrisburg located on One North Second Street in Harrisburg.
The Honorable Michael Krancer, acting Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, will serve as the keynote speaker for the event. Acting DCNR secretary Richard Allan will also address the group and Janelle Stelson, News Anchor for WGAL, Channel 8 television will be the program emcee.
Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2011 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence:
-- Allegheny Land Trust - Revitalizing Mt. Washington - The Emerald View Park Expansion - Allegheny County;
-- Carlisle Area School District - Carlisle School District 1 MW AC Solar Farm – Cumberland County;
-- East Lycoming School District - East Lycoming School District Goes Green - Lycoming County;
-- Engineered Plastics LLC-Post - Industrial Plastics Recycling: From Waste to Profit – Erie County;
-- Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority - GLRA Illegal Dump Survey, Cleanup and Prevention – Lebanon County;
-- Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation - Lehigh Valley Land Recycling Initiative - Lehigh County;
-- Optical Filters USA LLC - Reducing the Environmental Impact of Glass Processing - Optical Filters USA. Meadville – Crawford County;
-- Oxford Mining Company - Cross Creek Mine Reclamation – Washington and Jefferson Counties;
-- Philadelphia International Airport - Ground Service Equipment (GSE) Electrification at Philadelphia International Airport - Philadelphia;
-- Pocono Raceway - Pocono Raceway Solar Farm – Monroe County;
-- Rieter Automotive, Bloomsburg - Carpet Recycling / Pollution Prevention Project- Columbia County;
-- Schuylkill Headwaters - AMD Treatment and Abatement – Schuylkill County; and
-- Vessels Coal Gas, Inc. - Cambria 33 Gas Plant – Cambria County.
Dominion Resources is the Premier Platinum Sponsor of this year’s event and Pennoni Associates Inc and Talisman Energy USA Inc. are Silver Dinner Sponsors for the event; Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Mr. & Mrs. Louis Appell and Waste Management are Bronze Table Benefactors; PPL Corporation and Stantec are Environmental Excellence Sponsors; Buchart Horn, Inc., Metro Bank and Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry are Innovator Dinner Sponsors.
“Throughout the State, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council is recognized for its premier dinner programs that provide unique networking opportunities for all involved in environmental programs and collaboration on key issues of the day,” said Paul King, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.
Reservations are still being taken and your invitation to the event is attached. Please use the attached response card to make your reservation or online at the Gala webpage or send email to: avitkoski@pecpa.org or call 570-718-6507. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.
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4/25/2011 |
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