EPA presents Environmental Quality Awards to 33 recipients.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 1996--Thirty-three award winners -- including the renowned artist Peter Max -- were honored today for their outstanding work protecting the environment by Region 2 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and . Region 2 includes New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The awards were presented by Region 2 Administrator Jeanne M. Fox. "The 33 Environmental Quality Award winners are a diverse group," said Fox. "But they have two things in common: a generosity of spirit and the commitment to turn that spirit into work that benefits the environment." These annual awards are given to individuals, nonprofit groups, educators, businesspeople, government officials and journalists by Region 2. In addition, several school groups were cited for winning the President's Environmental Youth Award and a Region 2 Environmental Calendar contest. The award ceremony was held at the U.S. Court of International Trade, 1 Federal Plaza; a separate ceremony was held recently in Puerto Rico to present awards to winners there. Peter Max, the celebrated artist whose vivid designs came to define the aesthetics and spirit of the 1960s, was recognized for creating posters for the 25th anniversary of Earth Day and of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The posters were displayed on New York City subways. His EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. anniversary poster was unveiled at a ceremony at Grand Central Station on April 18th. He also gave the keynote address at the award ceremony. Other award winners ranged from citizen activists who founded environmental groups to corporations that established exemplary pollution prevention programs to educators who taught students hands-on lessons in environmental stewardship. (A full list of award winners appears below.) Nominees for next year's Environmental Quality Awards can be sent to Terry Ippolito, Environmental Education Coordinator, EPA, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, 212/637-3671. For more information on the 1996 award winners, call Marty Lipp at 212/637-3667. EPA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AWARD WINNERS INCLUDE: New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. : Peter Max, Manhattan Neighborhood Environmental Action Awards Program, Manhattan WE CAN, Manhattan Eugene Curcio, Brooklyn Partners in Ecological Research (PIER), Manhattan Edward Wagner, Manhattan Michael J. Feller, Manhattan Natale S. Ricciardi, Manhattan New York State: Millbrook Service Unit, Dutchess County Girl Scout Council, Poughkeepsie Watershed Agriculture Council, Walton Christine R. Pecora, Armonk Patricia Socci, East Meadow IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Hudson Valley Facilities, Hopewell Junction Syroco Inc., Baldwinsville Seneca Nation of Indians The Seneca Nation of Indians was established in 1848 by a Constitutional Convention of Seneca people residing on the Allegany and Cattaragus Territories. The Seneca Nation of Indians Environmental Protection Dept., Irving River, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, National Parks Service, Hyde Park New Jersey: Benjamin Epstein, Toms River Robert Spiegel, Edison Douglas B. Stuart, Pitman Greater Newark Conservancy, Newark Pinelands Pinelands can refer to the following things:
There are many interesting and historic buildings among the large number of facilities. , Edison Union County Utilities Authority, Rahway Ed Rodgers, Trenton Puerto Rico: Dolina Dolina may refer to:
IPR Inprocess/Inprogress Review IPR Industrial Property Rights IPR Institute for Policy Research (Northwestern University and University of Cincinnati) IPR Institute of Public Relations Pharmaceuticals, Guayana Merck, Sharp & Dohme Quimica, Barceloneta Sandra Rocafort, Santurce Jose Fernandez Colon, Ponce CONTACT: Marty Lipp, 212/637-3667 |
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